1910s

1910 C.L. Best establishes the C.L. Best Gas Traction Co.
1910 The Holt Manufacturing Company registers "Caterpillar" as a trademark.
1912 C.L. Best produces his first track-type tractor.
1914 Benjamin Holt produces the Holt 75 Track-Type Tractor.
1914 The Holt Manufacturing Company provides Caterpillar tractors that support the Allies during World War I.
1919 C.L. Best produces the Best 60 Track-Type Tractor.
C. L. Best Gas Traction Co. round wheel tractor advertisement.
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C. L. Best Gas Traction Co. round wheel tractor advertisement.

Early Caterpillar logo advertising
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The Caterpillar name almost immediately became synonymous with the track-type tractor.

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Rare footage of C. L. Best, Caterpillar's first Chairman.

Holt 75 Track-Type Tractor climbing top of hill.
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Benjamin Holt produces the Holt 75 Track-Type Tractor.

Men pictured with early track type tractors
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Holt track-type tractors were used by the U.S. Army during World War I.

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The DNA of the Best 60 is still seen today in the form of the D8.

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