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A fact from Charles Brady King appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 May 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Perhaps you didn't read the complete article. I also wrote King showed to the Detroit public his car, which probably was the first in Michigan, however not the first in the world nor even the first in the United States. --Doug Coldwelltalk18:09, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I believe IF you read the article, you will see that it is fully referenced by many sources. Did you read the article? You have to do that FIRST before you can make a general comment "the article is misleading". Which sentence and reference do you dispute - please be specific! According to the article on Sylvester H. Roper, he built an automobile BEFORE 1870. I believe the link you are referring to is about petrol/gasoline-powered internal combustion engines that operate a self-propelled "horseless carriage", NOT about who built the first car.--Doug Coldwelltalk19:30, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
According to the book A most unique machine: the Michigan origins of the American automobile industry by George S. May (publisher Eerdmans, 1975) on page 17 it says Roper "...between 1859 and 1895 built ten operable steam cars..."--Doug Coldwelltalk19:44, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
In this newspaper article it talks about Roper having a 1863 steam car that he entered in county fairs in contests against horses - and always won! It says this steam auto is the oldest car in the United States (22 years before that you speak of).--Doug Coldwelltalk22:07, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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