Inventor and Jefferson County native Andrew Jackson Beard submitted this diagram of his design for a double plow to the U.S. Patent Office in April 1881. It was one of several inventions that he developed during his lifetime.
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Inventor and Jefferson County native Andrew Jackson Beard submitted this diagram of his design for a double plow to the U.S. Patent Office in April 1881. It was one of several inventions that he developed during his lifetime.