677 - Household Management in the Titans of Industry's Homes

<p dir="ltr">Bonus Stop: Edzel Ford's home, son of Henry Ford! After touring Greenfield Village I decided I wanted to go to a bonus stop instead of another day at Greenfield Village. I was stunned by the outward aesthetic  similarities of the Stan Hywet mansion. My wheels were spinning and memories flooded my mind from all the visits I had going to Stan Hywet from going with my mom to even working there. </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Railroads</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">The Stan Hywet mansion is located in Akron, OH, my hometown, the "Rubber Capitol of the WORLD"! I shared a lot about the history of Firestone and Goodyear, who used a lot of rubber making tires, in this episode. But on this day of my fieldtrip, I thought about what made Ford so successful? It was making the gasoline engine car affordable for more people, specifically farmers. I gave a little background on Rockefeller and Vanderbilt too to prove my point of "access equals success". And remember in the other homes the extensiv...