What’s a DoodleBug? It’s a poor man’s improvisational tractor, usually made from an old Ford. A really old Ford, like 1932 or older. During the Great Depression, when no one had any money, one of the ...

It may sound hard to believe, but there was a time when tractors were in such short supply that people used their cars to plow, make hay, and haul logs. It happened in the 1940s when farming equipment ...

Since 1946, the public utilities commission had refused to let the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad discontinue its passenger service between Zanesville and Parkersburg, West Virginia. However, in 1953, ...

The victims of a notorious flying bomb attack during World War Two have been remembered 80 years after they lost their lives. Forty-two people died when the Nazis launched dozens of the V1 "Doodlebug" ...

Ever heard of the Ford Doodlebug? Of course, you haven't, it's not even a real nameplate. Doodlebug is a slang name for a home-built tractor during World War 2. Why did farmers build their own ...