I grew up on a county road in Manheim, Pennsylvania. A cornfield ran against the back of our property. About 50 yards into that field was a small creek surrounded by a cluster of trees standing guard.

Aumann Auctions says the rare, chromolithographed metal sign is believed to be one of the first distributed by John Deere in the late 1800s ... image of the Gilpin Plow has been widely used ...

Aumann Auctions says the rare, chromolithographed metal sign is believed to be one of the first distributed by John Deere in the late 1800s ... image of the Gilpin Plow has been widely used ...