Article on the History of Chrysler and the other companies that were the fore runner

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Attached is a link onthe history and the fore runner companies that were involved prior to becoming the Chrysler corp.

 

Great reading and history lesson on the Chrysler company.

 

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Rich Hartung

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I believe Walter saved another company from bankruptcy before Maxwell. Was it Willy’s? 
 

Walter started out in the rail road industry. If I recall, he was a mechanical engineer. Did a little stint with Buick too. Enough to see the potential and excitement of the automobile industry. He did very well with the Chrysler line. Then Dodge, and all the rest. Quite an icon in the history records, he is. Still to this day my 83 year old Chrysler car turns heads. 
 

Personally I really like the Dodge Bros story. How they made all those parts for Henry Ford. Got paid partially in Ford shares. Later went head to head with Henry as a competitor. Sued Henry for dividends on Ford shares and won. Becoming multi-multi-millionaires. Later the Dodge family and descendants wasted the fortunes.  Rose Terrace demolished. Katerina the Great’s pearl necklace split apart and given to friends of the grandkids. The Dodge Kids created quite a stir with their antics. A fairly sad ending for the Dodge family fortune. Yet the ship, steam powered, engines designed by Dodge, still roams the oceans today.