John Deere: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. May 13, 2026
Anniversary information added. Feb 03, 2026
Invalidated site: Famous Inventors - Biography of John Deere. Oct 01, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 27, 2024
Changed the year he invented a steel plow from β€œ1836” to β€œ1837.” Aug 31, 2023
Noted that his plow was one of the first steel plows that could till prairie soil without clumping. Sep 24, 2021
Add new Web site: Famous Inventors - Biography of John Deere. Apr 26, 2021
Replaced photograph. May 13, 2015
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of John Deere. Nov 29, 2011
Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Biography of John Deere. Nov 29, 2011
Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Biography of John Deere. Nov 29, 2011
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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