The First Cars in Ridge Farm -- From the Centennial Program
Monroe Ewing's 1900 Murray was one of the first cars here. Ruth Castle remembers the treat of riding down the cemetery road in it. Howard Mills had a Case auto which he drove everywhere to play football. He was manager and team member of Ridge Farm's professional football team. Danny Mills had the first red roadster Locomobile built high off the ground. Henry Woodyard owned a big, heavy Locomobile. Jack Banta liked bicycle racing and also his Locomobile. Herbert Harrold sold "Brushy" Coe a Locomobile and when he drove under some low tree branches, the top was brushed off, but he took it to the garage and had it replaced. A. V. Schermerhorn and George Henderson first had their Ford garage near the present lumber yard, then they moved to the location of Hester's Antique Shop. Charles Harrold sold Fords here and McKinley Henderson was a Chevrolet dealer