A little bit about the house. Evangeline Cote' went to work for the Ford Motor Company at the age of 16 in about 1910. By the time she was 20 she had become Henry Ford's personal assistant. The two became romantically entangled and when Evangeline became pregnant, Henry had her married off to his trusted confidante Ray Dahlinger. Ray was a lifelong bachelor but willingly accepted the proposition of marriage to Evangeline to give the whole thing a legitimate appearance. Ray was totally loyal to Henry Ford, drove race cars, was an excellent mechanic, and served Henry well for many years. Henry Ford had this house built on the east bank of the Rouge River on property he owned just a stone's through north of his own house, Fairlane, and sold it to them for 1$. It had 8 bathrooms, 9 fireplaces, servants quarters, a 4 car garage that included a vehicle hoist. A boathouse was located on the Rouge River. The house had a secret staircase that went directly to Evangeline's dressing room so that anyone could come and go without being observed. Henry also had a boathouse at his place. There was never a shortage of supplies for the house and plumbers, carpenters, electricians, plasterers, painters, etc. were liberally employed keeping the place in tip top shape. Evangeline was no coach potato. She bred and raced horses, wad a licensed pilot and expert with any kind of gun be it pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns. She was Tyrone Power's cousin. A little bit about the tractor. It is an 8N. I think I see a generator, black with a silver colored end cap, under the hood on the left front which would make it a 1950 or newer. I don't know if it has Ford script on the fenders or not. There is so much rust.
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