“Historical Events are Never More Exciting Than When You Read Them From The Day They First Occurred and were Reported in Newspapers and Magazines”. LEGEND OF THE WESTOn all multiple items after the first, you will receive a 10% discount.Postage will be combined and refund granted if saved. WHEELBARROW JOHNNY INSERT THE NAME YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR IN THE BOX BELOW AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR eCRATER STORE IN THIS OR ANY OTHER TITLE OR NAME.Click here to check out our other products on eCRATER!Custom Search Genealogy Images Of History!Type in your family name or a specific topic you are looking for..Search titles and descriptions. WHEELBARROW JOHNNY Friends, hard to believe but a 30 million fortune was started with a guy making wheel barrows. Yep – sure enough – strange but truth. His (and his brothers) wheel barrows were so successful that they founded a multi-millionaire car manufacturing business. His vision had been fulfilled – all but one – he dreamed of building a flying wheelbarrow but he died before his dream could become the rest of the story. Here is the story entitled: WHEELBARROW JOHNNY Please read this. This is an overlooked story I found in an unusual and different magazine.. There were many a western story published – the common ones about Cowboys and Indians are listed on eCRATER every day but the rarer ones about one of the most inventive pioneer of the old west are seldom found. Collectors treasure them and their price guide value rises every day. They are hard to find. I hunt them out because really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest. Here’s one of ‘em. FOLLOWING PURCHASE AND PAYMENT, IF YOU WILL WRITE ME OF YOUR SPECIAL NAME OR INTEREST, I WILL DO A FREE SEARCH OF MY COLLECTION AND UNINDEXED STORIES AND NAMES. TOM RUSSELL COLLECTIONFor more Information Please Visit:The Tom Russell CollectionIF I FIND SOMETHING THAT I THINK MERITS YOUR INTEREST, I WILL WRITE A REVIEW AND PLACE IT ON eCRATER AND GIVE YOU NOTICE AND A HEAD START TO BUYITNOW! Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western heroes. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kinfolk lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealer’s shelf gathering dust. Because Old Western History and Memorabilia was printed before computer indexing, I index every item I sell. This complete index will be bound and included in this offering at no additional cost. Humbly, I am trying to keep our history alive. I hope you appreciate the effort. WHEELBARROW JOHNNY Folks, sooner or later – Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolks are lying on some dealer’s dusty shelves. If I can contribute to finding one little name or photo of that long lost ancestor you have been waiting to find, its worth all the time I spend. As a tribute to the honor of our American Ancestors, Early Settlers, Forefathers, Pioneers and our native American Indians, my indexed listings will include all names mentioned in the story from this time on. ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA: 1850 era ANCESTOR’S LOCATION: PENNSYLVANIA, CALIFORNIA, OHIO, INDIANA, SOUTH CAROLINAGENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED w * INDICATING PICTURE: ARMOUR, Philip D. – Hangtown business man who later founded the great Armour Packing Company. CRANE, Dr. J. B. – A school teacher at Ringgold Creek, who raped and murdered Susan Newham. CRONE, Richard – a.k.a. Irish Dick, Bloody Dick, and New Orleans Dick who stabbed a man to death with everyone watching. ERSKINE, Russel – President of Studebaker Corporation automobile company. FREE, Mickey – A professional gunman, robbed and killed as he pleased. GAGE, Stephen – Did not evacuate Hangtown until he rushed into the newspaper office, picked up the printing press, and threw it into Hangtown Creek. HINDS, H. L. – A Hangtown, California Blacksmith. HOPKINS, Mark – Hangtown business man who later became one of the Big Four in railroading. LINCOLN, Abraham – The 16th President of the United States of America. NEWHAM, Susan – A student at Ringgold Creek, who was raped and murdered by Dr. J. B. Crane. STUDEBAKER JR., Henry –The oldest son of John and Rebecca Studebaker, a blacksmith and foundryman in South Bend, Indiana. STUDEBAKER SR., John – The father of John Mohler Studebaker. STUDEBAKER, Clement “Clem” – The second oldest son of John and Rebecca Studebaker, a blacksmith and foundryman in South Bend, Indiana. STUDEBAKER, John Mohler * - (b. October 10, 1883 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – d. 1917). Subject of this story. Called “Wheelbarrow Johnny”. German-American co- founder and later executive of what would become the Studebaker Corporation automobile company. STUDEBAKER, Mary Jane Stull – Wife of John Mohler Studebaker (Wheelbarrow Johnny). STUDEBAKER, Rebecca Mohler – The mother of John Mohler Studebaker. STULL, Mary Jane – Maiden name of the wife of John Mohler Studebaker. PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS w * INDICATING PICTURE: Picture 1) – Photo of Wheelbarrow Johnny dubbed “King Of An Empire”. * Picture 2) – Photo of image of a wheelbarrow as developed by Wheelbarrow Johnny. * Picture 3) – Photo of Hangtown in 1853. * Picture 4) – Photo of illustration of Hangtown’s hardcases. * Picture 5) – Photo of illustration of John M. Studebaker losing money in New York City. * Picture 6) – Photo of miners who needed wheelbarrows. * Picture 7) – Photo of a jerk-line mule team laboring up a grade at Van Burent Street, Virginia City, in the 1869’s. * Picture 8) – Photo of illustration of hangings in Hangtown. * Picture 9) – Photo of wheelbarrow races that are still held at El Dorado County Fair. * Picture 10) – Photo of wagon trains and bull trains. * PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED w * INDICATING PICTURE: Ashland, Ohio Big Canyon, California California California Gold Fields Coloma Confederate States of America Council Bluffs, Iowa El Dorado County Fair Emigrant Ravine, California Empire Theatre, Hangtown, California Fort Sumpter Gold Rush Country Golden Nugget, Hangtown, California Hangtown, California Hangtown Creek, California H and C Studebaker Company Indian Hill, California Indiana Jenny Lind Casino – Hangtown, California Main Street, Hangtown, California Migrant Raving Mother Lode, California New York City “Old Confidence” (Fire Cart) Old Dry Diggin’s, California Philadelphia Hotel, Hangtown, California Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Placerville, California (formerly Hangtown, California) Poverty Flat, California Red Hill, California Ringgold Creek, California Sacramento Street, California Sacramento, California Sierra Mountains South Bend, Indiana South Carolina St. Joseph River Van Burent Street, Virginia City Vigilant Committee, Hangtown, California Virginia City WHEELBARROW JOHNNY OLD PIONEER LEGENDS AND MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING