Cyrus McCormick

1809–1884
Invented the mechanical reaper, which revolutionized agriculture, especially in midwest.

Other Resources

Story Links	Book Links
Cyrus H. McCormick and the Invention of the Reaper  in	Great Inventors and Their Inventions  by  Frank P. Bachman
New Inventions  in	Story of the Great Republic  by  H. A. Guerber
Cyrus H. McCormick  in	Heroes of Progress in America  by  Charles Morris
Cyrus McCormick  in	Builders of Our Country: Book II  by  Gertrude van Duyn Southworth

Image Links
Cyrus McCormick  in Builders of Our Country: Book II	One of the Great Harvesting Machines on a Western Grain Field  in Builders of Our Country: Book II