World's First Bulldozer
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| World's First Bulldozer Cummings Park Morrowville, KS 66958 Map This! |
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An oak blade crudely mounted on a Fordson tractor. The apparatus was patented by 2 Morrowville men in 1925. The main component was a Model T frame. Other gadgetry included windmill springs and an assortment of automobile and tractor parts. A replica of the original model is displayed in Cummings Park. No positive information is available to determine how the term "bulldozer" was coined.