9/30/19- Levi strauss moved west then made jeans. George Dayton had 7 siblings and had a wife and 2 kids his own. He made a dry good company or now know as target. Son took over company. Target was passed down through the Dayton's. George westinghouse served in military and made the brake. Henry ford made cars and helped out the econmy with the assembly line and doubled wages and hired tons of people. Cyrus McCormick, born in 1809 he invented a light weight combine then soon got the patent. He helped increase food production. Chicago fire burned down his buidling.
10/1/19 John Rockefeller made standard oil company. Soon the company got broken up into many different oil companies. Samuel morse graduated from yale. plainter, created morse code, and electric telephone. Vanderbilt born in Newyork. at the age of 11 he helped his father. He retired from shipping and moved to railroad. Died one of the richest men. Thomas eddison made the phonograph,light bulbs. Started to work on motion cameras but passed away,
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