C R Patterson & Sons Company: Black Pioneers in the Vehicle Building Industry, 1865-1939 Emporium Volume 32/Number 4

Volume 32/Number 4

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THE OHIO HISTORICAL CENTER

More than two dozen of Dunbar’s poems are woven throughout this volume

A Darke County Balloon Tragedy

C R Patterson & Sons Company: Black Pioneers in the Vehicle Building Industry, 1865-1939 Emporium Volume 32/Number 4The C. R. Patterson and Sons Company conducted business in Greenfield, Ohio, from 1865 1939. Founded by slave born Charles Richard Patterson, this company passed through three generations of the Patterson family. Throughout its history the company transitioned from building carriages, automobiles, trucks, and then buses, all in order to keep up with the rapidly changing demands and technology of the transportation industry. When C. R.'s son,