<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">In 1960, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Motor_Company" title="White Motor Company" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">White Motor Company</a> entered the agriculture market with the purchase of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Farm_Equipment_Company" title="Oliver Farm Equipment Company" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Oliver Farm Equipment Company</a>. In 1962, White acquired the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockshutt_Farm_Equipment" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="Cockshutt Farm Equipment" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Cockshutt Farm Equipment</a> Company of Canada. White increased its agricultural interests in 1963 with the acquisition of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis-Moline" title="Minneapolis-Moline" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Minneapolis-Moline</a>.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">In 1969, Oliver, Minneapolis-Moline and Cockshutt were merged to form <b>White Farm Equipment</b> with headquarters in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Brook,_Illinois" title="Oak Brook, Illinois" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Oak Brook, Illinois</a>; White Motor Corporation's headquarters remained in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Cleveland, Ohio</a>. Six years later, Oliver, Minneapolis-Moline and Cockshutt were folded into the White brand. </p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Howard</p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 1:22 PM Cecil Bearden <<a href="mailto:crbearden@copper.net">crbearden@copper.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Did White Motor Corp own both Oliver and Moline from the start, or did <br>
White take them over later.  <br>
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