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.

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.