inside we will meet lee forburgh, who will give us a tour of the caterpillar visitor center. you are in the caterpillar visitor's center. caterpillar has been in illinois for almost 90 years. it has employed people. there have been generations of people who have worked at cap. it has been pretty significant within the community. byerpillar was really formed two families in northern california. what you are looking at is an exhibit. c.l. best. he is compared to henry ford. one of the stories we like to tell, he was an apprentice for his father, and we have some of those things on exhibit that kind of tell that story. one of my favorite things i like to tell people -- this was a drill press that was actually owned by daniel best. he had a little -- he would say shed behind the family house or he would come up with ideas and invent things, and this drill was actually used in that. the other thing on the bottom is a drawing of a steam tractor. this was pre-gasoline and tractors were powered by steam. best started working for his dad by the age of nine. towould go on sales trips c

inside we will meet lee forburgh, who will give us a tour of the caterpillar visitor center. ou are in the orient, peoria, illinois in the caterpillar visitor's center. caterpillar has been in illinois for almost 90 years. it has employed people. there have been generations of people who have worked at cat. it has been pretty significant within the community. caterpillar was really formed by two families in northern california. what you are looking at is an exhibit. it is on c.l. best. his life and legacy. he was one of the founders of scatter will are -- of caterpillar, and he was called of the tractor industry. one of the stories we like to tell, he was an apprentice for his father, and we have some of those things on exhibit that kind of tell that story. one of my favorite things i like to tell people -- this was a drill press that was actually owned by daniel best. he had a little -- you would say shed behind the family house where he would come up with ideas and invent things, and this drill was actually used in that shed. the other thing on the bottom is a drawing of a s