The Automobile Age arrived in Fort Worth in the summer of 1902 when bicycle-shop owner H.R. Cromer proudly steered his two-cylinder, 16-hp Rambler down Main Street at the terrifying speed of 8 mph.
Fort Worth’s automobiles lined up in front of the Texas & Pacific Railway Station. If the photo was actually taken in 1902 as claimed, it shows that Henry R. Cromer wasn’t the only Fort Worth resident ...
While many people assume that Henry Ford is the father of the automobile, the history of cars spans more than 200 years, with numerous inventors and milestones contributing to the vehicles we drive ...
1900: The first major automobile show in the United States opens at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It wasn't the first automobile show held in the United States. It wasn't even the first held ...
The world will mark the 125th anniversary of the invention of the automobile on Jan. 29. Karl Benz filed a patent for a three-wheeled vehicle driven by a gasoline engine in Mannheim, Germany, on that ...
What remained of Marshall McCluer’s horseless hot rod resurfaced, perhaps for the final time, in May, 1946, in a Spring Lake barn owned by his daughter, Mrs. William Pellegrom. Organizers of Detroit’s ...