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<p><b>Description</b>: Daniel Best and his son, Clarence Leo (C. L.) created steam, diesel and gas-powered tractors in San Leandro. In their work, Making Traks authors Ed and Sue Claessen state: Ford is to automobiles what Best is to tractors. In 1925, the Holt Manufacturing Company and C. L. Best Tractor Co. merged to form the Caterpillar Tractor Co.<br><br><b>Collection URL</b>: &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8t1nd615/">http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8t1nd615/</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;Floyd Hal Higgins Collection&lt;/a&gt;<br><br><b>Call Number</b>: D-056 16:32
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C. L. Best Gas Traction Co.</div>
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