The Economic Times

In 1957, two Minnesota brothers built a tiny loader to clean a turkey barn; their unusual 3-wheel machine led to Bobcat, which later sold more than 1 million loaders

In the 1950s, Cyril and Louis Keller engineered a groundbreaking compact loader tailored for turkey farmer Eddie Velo. Using simple materials to meet the unique demands of limited spaces, their inventive creation gained prominence at the 1958 Minnesota State Fair, drawing interest from Melroe Manufacturing Company. This marked the birth of the Bobcat skid-steer loader, a game-changer for farming and construction techniques.