On this day- Rachel Hart

October 1^st

On this day, one hundred and five years ago, Henry Ford introduced to the public the Model T. This first affordable car for families cost only $825. It made the idea of a family car possible. With this invention, the world was free to go anywhere they wanted, distance no longer mattered. Families could live in the suburbs and commute for work and shopping. I am thankful for this event. Without it, I probably would rarely go beyond my neighborhood much less traveling across the nation. People are able to communicate and trade ideas that would never have been possible without the invention. After this invention many new ideas came to the automotive world. With the entire new ideas circle the once basic idea of Ford, we now have hundreds of models of cars on our roads. Now if only the price had remained the same, but we have inflation and rising gas prices to thank for theat.