NORTH HENDERSON, Ill. – Almost 80 years ago Bill Meeker’s father and grandfather bought an Oliver 70 tractor. It was the first Oliver in the family. “It’s a 1942 model. I’m a 1943 model. It’s been ...
Every year, the Camp Creek Threshers show near Waverly features a huge amount of farm machinery and tractors. Jon Vanderford caught up with John Zakovec of Lincoln to talk to him about some of the ...
On October 31, 1944, the Cleveland Tractor Company and its line of Cletrac crawlers were purchased by the Oliver Farm Equipment Company. Oliver then changed its corporate name to the Oliver ...
Douglas "Oliver" Bush of Middletown has been around Oliver tractors most of his life. He is originally from eastern Pennsylvania, where he worked on a farm for his great-uncle who used Oliver tractors ...
Former employees of the Oliver/White tractor plant once again gathered at Dave’s Restaurant, for the third annual reunion breakfast on Wednesday, April 1. “They’re coming from all over,” said Dick ...