2. He was born on July 30, 1863, Greenfield Township, Michigan. Son of William and Mary Ford. Henry was 12 when his mother died. He spent his childhood at his family's farm. At the age of 17, he left the farm and headed to Detroit.

3. He left school at the age of 15 to work at his father’s farm.

4. At age 17, Henry Ford left the farm and headed to Detroit to become an apprentice. In 1891, he became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company

5.  He started at the car business, and he invented his first car named “Quadricycle”. After the Quadricycle, Henry started working on making even better automobiles and making them for sale.

6. He kept working and came up with the “Model-T” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6_W 1rGWGyY

7. He married Clara Ala Bryant. They had one child Edsel Ford.

8. He founded the “Ford Motor Company”

9. Henry Ford died of a cerebral hemorrhage, at the age of 83.

10. Henry Ford Received an award for the Ford motor Company. Ford was the winner of the award of Car Entrepreneur of the Century in 1999

11. Adolf Hitler was very much impressed by Henry Ford. Henry built an entire town. He ran for U.S. senate