Holt Manufacturing Company Tractor at Antique Powerland

1918 Holt 75 Tractor at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

Benjamin Holt of the Holt Manufacturing Company of Stockton, California started applying Richard Hornsby's caterpillar tracks to tractors in 1904 to keep them from getting stuck in northern California's soft soil. He bought the patent for the caterpillar track from Hornsby in 1914. The Holt Manufacturing Company merged with the C. L. Best Gas Traction Company of San Leandro, California in 1925 to form the Caterpillar Tractor Company, known today as Caterpillar, Inc. The Holt family today owns one of the largest Caterpillar dealers in the world: HOLT CAT. Pictured is a 1918 Holt 75 Tractor at Antique Powerland during the Great Oregon Steam-Up on August 4, 2007.

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