I was researching for Candleglow Dreams, my book. I wanted to know about early cars that we might have driven going back to the 1900's. Boy! Did I hit the Jack pot! I had my husband reading to me from
Dorothy Weyer Craig's book, "Ne. Where Dreams Grow" On page 100 she talks about the horse less carriage and then she comes to 1909 Angus Automobile Co, and the Fuller Car. built in a factory near The Little Blue- My ears were burning hot- Back when I was a therapist in Hastings Ne. I explored everywhere from Red Cloud-Home of Willa Cather to towns that were no longer towns. One day going east from lovely little Hill town Nelson, Co. seat I came to a bend in the road and thought I had stepped into another world. I was in Angus. There was a little brick sidewalk, a stream, some old abandoned houses, old mechanics garages, and simply loveliness and charm. It was like stepping onto a movie screen and having nothing but the landscape and buildings present. I had no idea they made Fuller Cars there. I read here that the factory was in Angus itself. Charles M. Fuller was the VIP. the car had a motor with a chain drive in a buggy frame., a hand brake, and a steering tiller. He left then returned and did a model A one for $2,500-Eventually stockholders had their differences-after thirteen of these-But- and guess what? He sold the early model to Dr. Robert Redford...Hey...I wish I had been present to go on a house call-Visit Angus-Ne.You willl love the charm!
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