American Agriculture History Minute: First Mail Order Tractor Parts Business Begins - Southeast AgNET

American Agriculture History Minute: First Mail Order Tractor Parts Business Begins

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In 1938, Charles E. Schmidt began a mail order tractor parts business. The company got its start in Minot, North Dakota ... Read More The post American Agriculture History Minute: First Mail Order Tractor Parts Business Begins appeared first on AgNet West.

American Agriculture History Minute: First Mail Order Tractor Parts Business Begins - Southeast AgNET

By Random Retail, via Wikimedia Commons I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: First Mail Order Tractor Parts Business Begins In 1938, Charles E. Schmidt began a mail order tractor parts business. The company got its start in Minot, North Dakota in 1938 as a mail order supplier of tractor parts, the first retail store founded in 1939. We know it today as Tractor Supply Company.  And, in …