August 17
1923 Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone arrive in Escanaba, Michigan
Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone — the famous trio known as the “Vagabonds” — arrived in Escanaba aboard Ford’s yacht Sialia to begin a week-long camping expedition through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The trip wasn’t exactly “roughing it.” The party included their wives, staff, chauffeurs, several Lincoln automobiles, an Edison generator and enough provisions to make a lumber camp look pretty comfortable. They traveled through the U.P., including Ford’s operations around Iron Mountain.
There are reports the trio began testing Firestone's Balloon Tires (not substantiated)
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