Weber Chevrolet Creve Coeur

1902, Theodore Roosevelt was President, average life expectancy was 47, 14% of homes had a bathtub, 8% had a telephone, average wage was 22 cents an hour, the population of Las Vegas, NV. was 60, there was no Mothers Day or Fathers Day, Sugar was 4 cents per pound, Eggs, 14 cents per dozen, and coffee, 15 cents per pound, WW I would not start for 12 more years, there were only 8,000 cars in the United States, and only 144 miles of paved roads. Weber Implement Company was founded by George Weber in 1902 on Main Street which is about where the Gateway Arch is now. The company supplied equipment such as plows, thrashers, sawmill equipment, wagons, buggies, and steam engines. Its sales were to farmers in Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas. The warehouse for the company was in East St. Louis, Illinois where the goods came in by railroad. The steam engines that did the work on farms were fueled with anything that would burn including coal, wood, and corn cobs. Business was very good from ...