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Henry Ford


            
             Henry Ford was one of the most important and influential inventors and businessmen in the short history of America. He revolutionized the business world and he changed forever the efficiency of factories around the world. One of the reasons that Henry Ford can be considered such an important man is that his ideas and concepts are still used today. Ford was born on July 30, in the year of 1863; Henry Ford was the oldest child of the family. His parents, William and Mary Ford, were prosperous farmers in his hometown of Dearborn. While they we"re well off for farmers, Ford certainly wasn't spoiled and fed from silver spoons. Ford was just like any other typical young boy during the rural nineteenth century. .
             From early on there we"re signs that Henry was going to be something more than a farmer. He looked with interest upon the machinery that his father and himself used for their farming, and looked with disdain at the rigorous chores of a farmer. In the year 1879, Henry being a meager 16 years old, he moved to the city of Detroit where he would work as an apprentice machinist. Henry would remain in Detroit working and learning about all varieties of machines. Although, he occasionally came back to visit Dearborn, he mostly stayed in Detroit, picking up more and more valuable knowledge. This apprenticeship allowed him to work in the factories of Detroit and learn what a hard working blue-collar job was like. When he did return to Dearborn he was always tearing apart and rebuilding his father's machines, along with the dreaded farm chores. .
             Henry Ford was a hard worker and he proved that getting fired from one of his jobs in Detroit because the older employees we"re mad at him because he was finishing his repairs in a half-hour rather than the usual five hours. Clara Bryant would represent the next step in now twenty-five year old Henry Ford's life. The two lovers we"re married in 1888 and would endure good times as well as bad.


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