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Quotations by Harvey S. Firestone, American Businessman, Born December 20, 1868. Share with your friends. "The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership."
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. was the son of Harvey Firestone Sr. who founded The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in 1900. Firestone Jr. significantly expanded the company’s global interests, including the establishment of rubber plantations around the world, particularly in Liberia. Firestone Jr. was born in Columbiana, OH in 1898.
Firestone also joined America's "Good Roads" movement, supporting the Lincoln Highway Association in the creation of the first coast-to-coast highway, Route 66. Firestone developed the first pneumatic rubber tires for heavy trucks, and to promote their use, he also created the "Ship by Truck" campaign, encouraging manufacturers to move their products to markets by truck.
Harvey Firestone sets out to improve on the early farming tractor’s steel wheels. In addition to their hard ride and relentless vibration, the wheels often slip and provide little traction. Firestone “Puts the Farm on Rubber” by offering the first practical low-pressure pneumatic tractor tire.
Harvey S. Firestone Sr. Founder of Firestone Tire & Rubber, Firestone built a 220-square mile rubber plantation in Liberia. Charles Taylor. Educated in the U.S., Taylor plunged Liberia into civil war.
Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr. was an American businessman, and the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires. Introduction Harvey S. Firestone Family background
Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs made yearly camping trips between 1916 and 1924. They called themselves the Vagabonds. In 1920 they traveled to New York's Catskill Mountains. This was the first outing to include wives. The trips became decidedly more formal and less adventurous when wives came along.
