Around 1829 or 1830, Miller and his wife, Mary, moved to Ohio, settling on the Gottleib Ladrach farm in Ragersville. He purchased his first farmland in 1837 and purchased more in 1840.

From small machines to large ones, buggies to tractors, kerosene to gas, the way we farm has changed in America’s Dairyland.

The first tractors to hit the market near the turn of the 20th century were hulking masses of steel. These monstrous machines—weighing between 40,000 and 60,000 pounds—were powered by steam engines.

Steam-driven tractors hit North American farms in the 1880s to 1890s. Early designs were huge (11-tons or more), cumbersome and slow (1 to 2 mph), producing 50 to perhaps 110 hp.

POWELL, Wyo. — Steam-engine tractors had a relatively short lifespan in terms of the length of time they were in use on American farms. But steam engines still live on ...

The 63rd Annual Antique Tractor & Steam Engine Show, to be held July 17–20 at WCTA Show Grounds, Spiess Farm, 13831 W. Joliet Rd. in Manhattan, is a chance to step back in time, the association ...