Westmont Tractor Company records 1931-1981
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Westmont Tractor Company
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William J. Gallagher was born near Lewistown, Montana, on August 2, 1901. He graduated from The University of Montana-Missoula with a degree in business administration in 1925. Gallagher worked for the Nash-Finch Company of Minneapolis as an accountant, salesman, and assistant manager of their stores in Missoula and Havre, Montana. He was employed by the Missoula Mercantile in general accounting and credit work from 1927 to 1930 before turning full-time attention to his own business...
Caterpillar Tractor Company
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The Caterpillar Tractor Company was formed in 1925 by the merger of the Holt Manufacturing Company of Stockton, California, and Peoria, Illinois, and the C.L. Best Tractor Company of San Leandro, California. In the years before World War I, Benjamin Holt invented the "caterpillar tractor," which moved on heavy, belted-metal tracks rather than wheels. The tracks prevented the vehicle from sinking in the mud. The Caterpillar Tractor Company mounted extensive marketing campaigns during the late 192...
Gallagher, William J., 1901-1995
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