When Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich rolled into Akron, Ohio in 1870, the automobile was still a weird fever dream. So when he founded what would become America's first tire factory, nobody was ...
AKRON — Goodyear was founded 125 years ago on Aug. 29, 1898. The company's first sale — for $25.80 in rubber tubes for medicine bottles — was recorded in December of that year. Today, Goodyear is the ...