Digging Into History, Caterpillar’s California Roots

January 28, 2025

 

Caterpillar's origin story starts in Stockton, California over a century ago. It is the birthplace of the first Caterpillar tractor, an invention that not only revolutionized the agriculture industry in its early days, but touches lives still today. History has not forgotten Benjamin Holt, a native of Stockton and part of a region known as the bread basket of the United States. In this special centennial edition of Digging Into History, corporate archivist Lee Fosburgh and host Rusty Dunn head to California where it all started. 

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