WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Before 1908, automobiles were generally unreliable, inefficient and unaffordable. That changed when Henry Ford introduced the Ford Model T. The first one left the factory on ...

The story of the Model T is central to how Detroit became the Motor City. Here are some fast facts about Ford Motor Co.'s early days, the Model T and early factories. 1903: Henry Ford creates Ford ...

When the Ford Model T first hit the road in the early 20th century, it didn’t just change how Americans got around. It ...

Cast your mind back to a time when the automobile was still considered a novel invention. The Benz Patent Motorwagen debuted in 1886, representing more of a technological curiosity than anything. The ...

In a high-security room on the third floor of a factory in Detroit’s bustling Milwaukee Junction industrial neighborhood in 1907, six men and a 14-year-old boy changed the world. In less than a year — ...

This weekend there’s a very special FREE event is taking place at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant. One hundred and sixteen years ago on September 29th the first Model T was produced at the Ford ...

The Ford Model T did more than popularize a new gadget; it rewired how people lived, worked, and imagined distance. By taking a machine that had been a fragile toy for the wealthy and turning it into ...

1903: Henry Ford creates Ford Motor Co. 1904: Ford builds the Piquette Avenue Plant in the Detroit neighborhood of Milwaukee Junction, just east of Woodward Avenue. The plant was made of brick and ...