Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and naturalist John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds. These Vagabonds enjoyed retreating from the fast-paced world to explore nature and the pre-industrial countryside. In 1918, while traveling through the Appalachian Mountains, Burroughs and Firestone relived their agrarian pasts by shocking oats in local farmer's field.