Clark County, Indiana
Grand Rapids (MICH) Press, October 21, 1916, p. 8.
JEFFESONVILLE, INDIANA, MAN EXCHANGES MACHINE BOUGHT IN 1897 FOR LATEST TYPE
The award of the light twelve automobile, offered by the Haynes Automobile
Company to the owner of the oldest car in America, goes to Edward J. Howard,
Jeffersonville, Indiana. Mr. Howard has an old gear-driven Haynes that he
purchased at the factory in the summer of 1897. Since that time the car has
been in his possession. After a nineteen-year period of service in the
hills of the Ohio Valley, the car still is in running condition.
The old car, which was the oldest in a field of 140 entries, is to be
formally presented by Mr. Howard on October 13 at Indianapolis. The
exchange is to be part of the good roads day program of the Indiana
centennial celebration. Hon. Samuel M. Ralston, governor of Indiana, will
act as donor on the occasion and present the car to Mr. Howard.