Day 12 - Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village
Still hot. Drove back over the Canada/US border 
and found the Henry Ford, as it is called. Superlatives can abound here - this is a museum and living history area not to be missed! First we toured Greenfield Village which Henry Ford and subsequent generations built to display the houses, factories, other buildings and items he collected. For example, the Wright brothers home and the workshop where they built their first airplane in
Dayton, Ohio, was moved here by Ford. Edison's workshop where he had his electrical production labs in Menlo Park, NJ, is 
also here, as is the retirement home of Daniel Webster and his wife originally in New Haven, CT, where he created his dictionary and other notable language works. It is an incredible place. We "lunched" at the Cotswold home, moved here stone by stone from Devonshire where there is a tea garden filled with flowers. We also rode on the train pulled by a real steam engine around the park. 
After that we hurried to the museum (indoors) where incredible collections exist including a display of the development of automobiles from t
he beginning, some huge steam engines, an exhibit of clocks over the centuries and many other industrial revolution artifacts. Henry Ford was first and foremost an engineer, and the museum reflects this. We had tired feet by the end of this day!
and found the Henry Ford, as it is called. Superlatives can abound here - this is a museum and living history area not to be missed! First we toured Greenfield Village which Henry Ford and subsequent generations built to display the houses, factories, other buildings and items he collected. For example, the Wright brothers home and the workshop where they built their first airplane in
Dayton, Ohio, was moved here by Ford. Edison's workshop where he had his electrical production labs in Menlo Park, NJ, is 
also here, as is the retirement home of Daniel Webster and his wife originally in New Haven, CT, where he created his dictionary and other notable language works. It is an incredible place. We "lunched" at the Cotswold home, moved here stone by stone from Devonshire where there is a tea garden filled with flowers. We also rode on the train pulled by a real steam engine around the park. 
After that we hurried to the museum (indoors) where incredible collections exist including a display of the development of automobiles from t
he beginning, some huge steam engines, an exhibit of clocks over the centuries and many other industrial revolution artifacts. Henry Ford was first and foremost an engineer, and the museum reflects this. We had tired feet by the end of this day!
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