Tracing the Career of Frank M. Underwood, GAS ENGINE PIONEER

In the previous article, we looked into F.M. Underwood’s connection to the Buckeye engine of Delta, Ohio, and his time spent in Toledo.

Minneapolis firms

During my research on the career of Frank M. Underwood, I saw in American Gas & Gasoline Engines Since 1872, Vol. 1, the mention of the Underwood Machine Co. of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Could the Minneapolis-based firm be related to F.M. Underwood, a man who spent most of his career in northwest Ohio? Or perhaps connected to Charles H. (or W.) Underwood; presumed son of F.M. Underwood?

Much of what we know about the Underwood magazine from June 1903 (the magazine’s first issue) through February 1904.