Inventors
Creator of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Used to separate fibers and seeds
Cotton Gin
Dark blue and red regions
Northwest & Northeast
7 Commodities of Northwest Region
Hogs, peanuts, forestry, cotton, fish, oysters, fruit
Creator of the Steel Plow
Allowed for Greater Control of Livestock
Barbed Wire
Yellow Region
East Central
10 Commodities of Northeast
Corn, tobacco, peanuts, fish, fruit, hogs, vegetables, forestry, shellfish, livestock
Creator of the McCormick Reaper
Cyrus McCormick
Used to have edible meat parts shipped out east
Refrigerated Box Car
Orange Region
West Central
8 Commodities of East Central
Corn, tobacco, peanuts, fish, fruit, hogs, vegetables, forestry, shellfish, livestock
Creator of the Refrigerated BoxCar
Gustavus Smith & Andrew Chase
Used to make farming easier & faster on hard prairie lands.
Steel Plow
Light Blue Region
Southwest
8 Commodities of West Central
Fruit, citrus, fish, nursery, corn, vegetables, tropical fish, livestock
Creator of Barbed Wire
Joseph Farwell Glidden
Used to harvest Wheat & Grain
McCormick Reaper
Purple Region
Southeast
7 Commodities of Southeast
Sugarcane, alligators, fruit, dairy, vegetable, nursery, ornamental fish