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Just for fun, here's a defunct car make I made up, centered in Elwood City:

The Baxter Buggy and Horseless Carriage Corporation of Elwood City

(1900-1905)

The Baxter was a brand of cars produced by the Baxter Buggy and Horseless Carriage Corporation of Elwood City from 1900-1905. It was founded by Beauregard Baxter III (1866-1924) great-great grandfather of Buster Baxter (*1988)

The first car was a high-wheeler with a hole where the steering went, to allow the driver to switch between tiller steering and then-new steering wheel steering. The steering that was not in use was mounted under the car. However, in order to make it fit, the car had to have an unusually high ground clearance, frightening buyers. The Baxter, despite its low price, was a critical failure and was discontinued in 1901, so the company took a break and began developing new cars

In September 1904, Baxter presented two new models, now with non-removable steering. The Model A was a low-floor two-seater runabout with artillery wheels and a steering wheel, inspired by the Franklin of the same name, while the Model B was a tiller-steered buggy in the vein of the Oldsmobile Curved Dash, with wire wheels.

But Baxter's biggest plan was the Modernist, the most modern car the company had to offer. It was a compact four-seater tonneau with a headlight on each fender and an enclosed engine between them. It was very costly to develop, even more costly to buy, and was finally unveiled in July 1905 at that year's Elwood City Motor Car Exhibition. The Modernist started at $25,000 dollars, but was criticized by motor journalists. The big engine struggled with the smaller chassis, which meant it took a while until the car reached its top speed. It also rode like "a mountain goat scrambling down a mountain" as motor journalist Isabella Deegan stated in the August 1905 issue of The Horseless Age.

By December 1905, Baxter had lost thousands of dollars, filed for bankrupcy and the last cars - produced in said month - were sold off in January 1906 in a going-out-of-business sale. Baxter later cooperated with his friend Alfred Walters (1884-1966) and they started the Walters Motor Car Corporation of Elwood City in September 1907. This make, however, barely lasted any longer than Baxter's and was forced to be shut down in August 1914 as WWI began: car production had already ended in December 1913.

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