Considered amongst the greatest industrial pioneers this nation has ever seen, Henry Ford changed the way America looked at automobiles and factory work over 100 years ago. His ways of work and business would better the American economy for decades to come.
Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863 in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. As the first son of William and Mary Ford, Henry showed different interests as most kids his age throughout his childhood. Mechanical things, rather than the traditional farm work, were more than intriguing to Ford. At 16, he moved to Detroit as an apprentice for a mechanic. At 19 he moved back home, and wasted away his days playing with broken steam eng