First Commercially Built Auto by Elwood Haynes. Road tested July 4, 1894, on Pumpkinvine Pike, east of Kokomo.

 First Pneumatic Rubber Tire invented by D.C. Spraker, president of Kokomo Rubber Tire Co., in October 1894.  The tire consisted of strips of three-ply rubber, canvas and other wrappings of vulcanized rubber formed around a slender pole.

 First Aluminum Casting by William “Billy” Johnson at the Ford & Donnelly Foundry in 1895.

 First Carburetor developed by George Kingston in 1902. 

 First Stellite Cobalt-based Alloy, a wonder metal discovered by Elwood Haynes in 1906 while searching for a metal to be used in producing tableware.

 First Stainless Steel invented by Elwood Haynes in 1912 while attempting to satisfy Mrs. Haynes’ demand for      tarnish-free tableware.

First American Howitzer Shell used in actual warfare, made by Superior Machine Tool Co. in 1918

 First Aerial Bomb with Fins invented in 1918 by Liberty Pressed Metal Co.

 First Mechanical Corn Picker developed by John Powell in the early 1920s.

 First Dirilyte Golden-Hued Tableware invented by Carl Molin in 1926.

 First Canned Tomato Juice developed by Walter Kemp, Kemp Brothers Canning Co., in 1928 at the request of a    St. Louis physician searching for a baby food to use in his clinic.

 First Push-Button Car Radio developed by Delco Radio Division of General Motors in 1938.

 First All-Metal Lifeboats & Rafts manufactured by Globe America Stove Company. (lifeboat in December 1941 and life raft in November 1943, nicknamed the “Kokomo Kid”).

 First Signal Seeking Car Radio developed by Delco Radio Division of General Motors in 1947

 First All-Transistor Car Radio developed by Delco Radio Division of General Motors in 1957.