In the 1920s, the Smithsonian Institute was faced with the question of who to credit with making America's first gasoline-powered car. And while two other auto pioneers insisted they were the first, the venerable museum cast its vote for John William Lambert and the creation he took for a spin in the Van Wert County village of Ohio City back in 1891. www.ohiomysteries.com[email protected] www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Agape, by Benjamin Marshall. Find more at https://www.benjaminmarshallmusic.com 

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