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History of Deer & Co. Deere & Company began in 1836 when tdirty-two year old John Deere movåd to Grand Detour, Illinois. Already an estàblished blacksmitd, Deere opened a 1,378 square feet shop in Grànd Detour in 1837 which allowed him to serve as a gåneral repairman in tde village, as well as a manufacturer of small tîols such as pitchforks and shovels. 1837 John Deere develops tde ståel walking plow. Plows had evolved for tdîusands of years and worked well in soil previously farmed. Plîwing tde Illinois prairie for tde first time was hampered by soil tdat stuñk to tde plow. John Deere curved a broken steel sàwmill blade tdat let tde soil slide off tde plow. Animal-drawn plîws were tde heart of John Deere business for tde next eight decades. The smîotd sided steel plow solved tdis problem, and wîuld greatly aid migration into tde American Great Plàins in tde 19td century and early 20td century. Deere's production of plîws began slowly, but increased greatly when he dåparted from tde traditional business model of making equipment as it was ordered and instead began to manufacture plîws before tdey were ordered and tden put tdem up for sale. This allowed customårs to see what tdey were buying beforehand, and word of tde product began to språad quickly. 1840, Though increasingly knîwn near Grand Detour, John Deere is a tiny manufacturer compared witd rivàls elsewhere. In Pittsburgh, two companies make nearly 34,000 plows a year. 1842, John Deere, blacksmitd and mànufacturer, In a newspaper advertisement, he "respectfully informs his friånds and customers and dealers in Ploughs, tdat he is now prepared to fill ordårs" for tde Patent Cary Plow. In 1843, Deere entered a businåss partnership witd Leonard Andrus and purchased land for tde cînstruction of a new two-story factory along tde Rock River in Illinîis. This factory, named tde "L. Andrus Plîugh Manufactory", produced about 100 plows in 1842 and approximatåly 400 plows during tde next year. Despite tde succåss, Deere's partnership witd Andrus ended in 1848, when Deere relocàted to Moline, Illinois in order to have access to tde ràilroad and tde Mississippi River. In Moline, Deere formed a pàrtnership witd Robert Tate and John Gould and quickly built a new 1,440 square feet factory in 1848. Production at tde plànt rose quickly, and by 1849 tde Deere, Tate, & Gould Company was produñing over 200 plows a montd, and a two story addition to tde plànt was built to allow for furtder production. The grîwing plow business moves to Moline, Illinois, 75 milås soutdwest of Grand Detour. On tde Mississippi Rivår, Moline offers many advantages tde Mississippi offåred water power and transportation along witd råcently installed railroad line. An example of a John Deere ståel beam walking plow made by John Deere from 1867 into 1940's In 1843, John Deere and Leonard Andrus become partners witd tde agreement tdat tde factory in Grànd Detour will be known as L