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  2. John Deere House and Shop - Wikipedia

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    The John Deere House and Shop is located in the unincorporated village of Grand Detour, Illinois, near the Lee County city of Dixon. The site is known as the location where the first steel plow was invented by John Deere in 1837.

  3. Grand Detour, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    In 1836 Andrus welcomed his friend and fellow Vermont native John Deere to the town, where Deere built a house and established a forge. Deere manufactured pitchforks and shovels, and in 1837 he invented the first successful steel plow. The first was sold in 1838. [6] The John Deere Historic Site in Grand Detour is operated by the John Deere ...

  4. List of museums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    John Deere Historic Site: Grand Detour: Ogle: Northern Illinois: Historic house: Recreated blacksmith shop and 1836 pioneer house: John Deere Pavilion: Moline: Rock Island: Quad Cities: Agriculture: John Deere tractors and farm equipment: John C. Flanagan House Museum: Peoria: Peoria: Central: Historic house: Mid-19th-century house, operated by ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Rock Island ...

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    The home is located in the Broadway Historic District. 8: John Deere House: John Deere House: February 5, 2003 : 1217 11th Ave. Moline: The last home owned by inventor and industrialist John Deere. It was built in the Second Empire style. 9

  6. John Deere - Wikipedia

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    Deere & Company began when John Deere, born in Rutland, Vermont, United States, on February 7, 1804, moved to Grand Detour, Illinois, in 1836, [5] to escape bankruptcy in Vermont. Already an established blacksmith , Deere opened a 1,378-square-foot (128 m 2 ) shop in Grand Detour in 1837, which allowed him to serve as a general repairman in the ...

  7. Grand Detour Township, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Grand Detour Township is located in Ogle County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 698 and it contained 385 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 698 and it contained 385 housing units.

  8. List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    July 31, 2003 (Chicago: Cook: Magnum opus of landscape architect Jens Jensen.: 11: Arthur H. Compton House: Arthur H. Compton House: May 11, 1976 (Chicago: Cook: Home of Nobel Prize–winning physicist who proved light has both wave and particle aspects, the Compton Effect.

  9. John Deere House - Wikipedia

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    The family bedrooms were on the second floor, and the ballroom and servant's quarters were on the third floor. Deere named the 8,000-square-foot (740 m 2) home Red Cliff. [3] Deere lived in the house for six years until his death in 1886. His body lay in repose in the front parlor where thousands of mourners paid their respects. [3]