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Green Grass and Blue Skies by Grant Boyd
What started as a Christmas gift from a mechanically inclined dad to his seven- year-old son in 1953 gradually evolved and grew into what is now known as Walker Mowers – a family-owned manufacturing business headquar- tered in Fort Collins, Colorado. The miniature model Caterpillar custom- built and gifted by Max Walker laid the groundwork for the 210-employee company that produces 13 different models of American-made, profes- sional-grade zero-turn lawn mowers.
It wasn’t long after he gave his son this scaled-down earthmover (originally powered by pedaling) that the opportunity to outfit it with
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Left to right: Ryan Walker, Dean Walker, Bob Walker, and Ted Walker.
