Great Moments in History
Take a look at some of the many important turning points from more than a century of Goodyear innovation.


1898
Goodyear is founded by Frank A. Seiberling and enters its first home: a strawboard factory on the banks of the Little Cuyahoga River in East Akron, Ohio.
The company makes horseshoe pads, bicycle and carriage tires, sealing rings for canning, fire hose and even rubber poker chips.