the story of the American automobile industry began on july 30, 1863, when or Henry Ford was born on a fram in Michigan.
As a boy, Ford did not like school or farm work, but he was interested in mechanical things. In 1879, when Ford was 16, he left home and moved to the city of Dettoit.
He worked as a machinist there for three years and then returned to his family's farm.
On the farm, he operated and repaired steam engines in farm machines.
In 1891, he returned to Dettoit and got a job as an engineer.
He began experimenting with internal combustion engines, and in 1896, he invented a vehicle called the Quadricycle.
He experimented with different vehicles for several more years, and in 1903, he started the Ford Motor Company.
Many people think Henry Ford invented the automobile, but he didn't. Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz invented vehicles powered by gasoline angines in 1885-1886.
Henry Ford actually became famous because he invented the assembly line, in 1913.
At the new Ford automobile plant in Highland Park, Michigan, workers did not move around the factory.
The cars moved, but the workers stayed in one place.
This system was fast and efficient, and cars became less expensive.
Ford sold more than 15 million Model T cars from 1908 to 1927!