They are everywhere, and there is no escape from their grasp. You check your phone, and you see them. You turn on the TV – sure enough, you hit them, sooner or later. You drive to work, and there they ...

DETROIT – On June 4, 1896, after years of experimentation and tinkering, a 32-year-old Henry Ford completed his first automobile. The Quadricycle was built by hand by Ford at his home, and its ...

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 ...

Before all that fame and good fortune, Jay Leno honed his auto smarts with a dilapidated 1934 Ford pickup truck. In a 2015 interview with Petrolicious, Leno said that he bought his first car, an old ...

Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by ...

The question of who was the “first” person or group to own something always gets murkier the closer you look. For years, bicycle and jewelry shop owner Henry R. Cromer was credited as owning the first ...