Breaking the speed barrier, Oliver’s new “more speed—less draft,” plow bottoms demonstrated that furrows could be beautiful even when plowed at 6 to 7 mph. And it was done with a purple tractor and an ...

Though his name is not nearly as familiar as John Deere’s, James Oliver of South Bend revolutionized agriculture with his invention of a new type of plow. An 1878 advertisement for the Oliver Chilled ...

Gerald Morgan's purple 1850 Oliver attracted lots of attention at last week's Farm Progress Show. Morgan farms at Lone Tree, Iowa. His unique Oliver was on display at last week's Farm Progress Show in ...

The Barker Mansion will host a History Hour presentation on the Oliver Chilled Plow Works. Guest speakers from The History Museum and Copshaholm, the historic Oliver family home in South Bend, will ...

There was a time in South Bend’s history when you couldn’t walk a block without seeing the Oliver family’s impact. Legislators in the early 1900s lived and worked in the elegant City Hall, built by ...