Robert Chester Tway, Sr. (October 21, 1881 – May 13, 1964), known as R. C. Tway, was a business, agricultural and political icon in the Louisville, Kentucky area. His activities provided a long-lasting footprint in Kentucky as his farm (named Plainview Farms) evolved into a large subdivision and business center located off Hurstbourne Lane, and his former Kentucky Trailer Company continues to manufacture trailers in Jefferson Riverport International. He is the namesake of Tway, Kentucky, where he owned a coal mining company for over forty years. Business career Tway was involved in various activities as a businessman, livestock cattle and horse breeder and political leader in Louisville, Kentucky area. His contributions included the ownership of a 975-acre Jersey Cattle dairy and American Saddlebred farm in Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The dairy and horse farm was named Plainview Farms. Other contributions included the ownership and operation of a coal mining company (named R.C. Tway Coal Company) located in Harlan County, Kentucky, a trailer manufacturing company (named Kentucky Trailer or Kentucky Manufacturing Company), and participation in various Kentucky political activities. He was instrumental in formulating the first American Saddlebred Horse Museum to be located in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky Trailer In 1936 Tway purchased Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company. With a name change (Kentucky Manufacturing Company under the name of Kentucky Trailers), Tway revolutionized the mode of the transportation industry by building large trailers for the road rather than the more common railway system. The company was located in Louisville, Kentucky near the University of Louisville campus. In 2008, the University of Louisville Foundation agreed to purchase the 33-acre manufacturing tract. Kentucky Trailer relocated to southwestern Jefferson County (Jefferson Riverport International). Kentucky Trailer (known also as Kentucky Manufacturing Company) is currently owned by several fourth generation members of R.C. Tway. Plainview Farms Tway lived or recreationed most of his entire life on a former potato farm, formerly known as the Garr Farm, which located in Jeffersontown, Kentucky. Tway inherited the farm from his mother (Harriet Amelia Garr). Tway developed the 970-acre farm into a very successful livestock breeding form specializing in American Jersey Dairy cattle and American Saddlebred horses. The dairy farm utilized over 100 head of Jersey Cattle delivering jersey creamline milk and other dairy products in the Louisville area and would serve customers as far away as the University of Kentucky. He raised a national prize-winning American Champion Jersey Cow and owned a winner