In 1831, a man named Cyrus McCormick reinvented agriculture in America. His innovation, leadership, and smart business sense ultimately helped agriculture's earliest manufacturing pioneers create International Harvester - one of America's most renowned agricultural companies.
McCormick International USA, Inc. manufactures a full line of tractors built on more than 170 years of heritage. From the world's first practical reaper in 1831, through the long distinguished line of tractors that followed, the McCormick brand epitomizes quality, craftsmanship, and innovative design.
In addition to being an innovator, Cyrus McCormick was a committed believer. He lived during the time of D.L. Moody and gave $10,000 to Moody to start the Chicago YMCA in 1869. That building burned along with his Chicago factory in 1871. By this time, McCormick was over 60 and wealthy enough to retire. Before his death in 1884, he had given $100,000 to help open Moody Bible Institute. His son, Cyrus Jr., was to become the first chairman of the school's board. Cyrus McCormick was a devoted Christian who passed his faith on to his son who later met up with J. Pierpoint Morgan to become the first president of a combined reaper firm, the famed International Harvester Corporation.
Today we celebrate the rebirth of McCormick tractors - tractors that live up to the high standards set by Cyrus McCormick when he first introduced the McCormick reaper in the 1800s. Just like its predecessors, today's McCormick tractors are developed as a result of years of innovation and hard work.
