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John Deere opened his first factory along the Mississippi River in 1847, as part of a partnership, Deere, Tate, and Gould. The partnership would dissolve in 1852 and become Deere & Company. The name of the area was changed to Moline, an adaptation of the French word for "milltown." [3] Moline was incorporated into a town on April 21, 1848. [4]
The family bedrooms were on the second floor, and the ballroom and servant's quarters were on the third floor. Deere named the 8,000-square-foot (740 m 2) home Red Cliff. [3] Deere lived in the house for six years until his death in 1886. His body lay in repose in the front parlor where thousands of mourners paid their respects. [3]
The John Deere Pavilion in Moline. The John Deere Pavilion is an attraction and museum located in Moline, Illinois. [1] The Pavilion opened in 1997 as part of an urban renewal project on the site of the former John Deere Plow Works (first built in 1848). Today the area includes Vibrant Arena at the Mark, a Wyndham Hotel, and several restaurants.
The John Deere House and Shop is located in the unincorporated village of Grand Detour, Illinois, near the Lee County city of Dixon.The site is known as the location where the first steel plow was invented by John Deere in 1837.
John Deere Industrial Equipment Works at 301 Third Ave., Moline, where 500 employees made earth-moving equipment; John Deere Malleable Works at 1335-13th Street, East Moline, where 600 employees made malleable and nodular iron castings; John Deere Planter Works at 501 Third Ave., Moline, where 1,000 employees made agricultural implements
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John Deere was born on February 7, 1804, in Rutland, Vermont, [4] the third son of William Rinold Deere, [5] a merchant tailor, and Sarah Yeats. [6] After a brief educational period at Middlebury College, at age 17 in 1821, he began an apprenticeship with Captain Benjamin Lawrence, a successful Middlebury blacksmith, and entered the trade for himself in 1826.