A World-Class Carver

Finding a pocketknife on a dusty dirt road ended up changing Ernest “Mooney” Warther’s life forever.

But a lot went on in his life before he became famous worldwide for his master carvings that trace the history of the steam locomotive.

Warther met the world on October 30, 1885 in Dover, Ohio. Born to Swiss-immigrant parents, Warther didn’t have an easy time of it. When he was only three years old, his father passed away, leaving his mother to keep her young brood of five together by herself. She worked hard, doing