Inside Henry Ford’s abandoned jungle town deep in the Amazon. The ambitious project of Fordlândia came at a cost of many lives – and despite efforts to protect the historic settlement, some ...

William Clay Ford Jr., Henry's great-grandson and now the company's executive chairman, reportedly supported in 1997 the opening of a rubber museum here, but nothing came of it.

Henry Ford II, Henry Ford's grandson, would pull the company out of both sites in 1945 after the end of WWII sent cheap rubber from the east once again flooding the world market.

He was a visionary and one of the most famous capitalists in all of history. He introduced the automobile to the world and created the modern day production line. By the time of his death in 1947 ...

Henry Ford built his what he considered his idealized city in the Amazon Rainforest, Fordlandia, ... The Harsh Jungle Environment, And Pests Resulted In Lackluster Rubber Production.

Fordlandia : the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city / Greg Grandin Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details Author Grandin, Greg 1962-Subject Ford, Henry 1863-1947 Political ...

The first to build a swimming pool, a cinema, street lamps — an oasis of civilization in a remote jungle: Fordlândia. Where Henry Ford tried to defeat the Amazon and was instead defeated.

The first to build a swimming pool, a cinema, street lamps — an oasis of civilization in a remote jungle: Fordlândia. Where Henry Ford tried to defeat the Amazon and was instead defeated. But one ...