On May 6, 1837, US blacksmith John Deere [1] made the first steel plough, in Grand Detour, Illinois.
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May 6, 1851: Linus Yale Jr. patented the Yale cylinder lock.
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You may already own a SIEGE Stove or a SIEGE Belt from SIEGE Surviva [2]l. (One of our loyal advertisers.) I just heard that they’ve added the excellent American-made Fire-Fast firestarters to their product line. (At the SIEGE website, click on “Ferro Rod Fire Steels”.) You can see one of these being tested after four days of submersion, in a YouTube video [3]. Tom Christianson will soon be reviewing one of the jumbo-size “Trekker” Fire-Fast firestarters from SIEGE Surviva [2]l. Every bugout bag should have a quality firestarter! – JWR
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Today’s feature article is not part of the writing contest, because it is partly self-promotional.
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We need more entries for Round 124 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [4]. More than $984,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 124 ends on May 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [5] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [6]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.