Carl Oppel: This Is My Life: How the Founder of Oppel Harvester Set the Standard for Innovation in the State of Idaho

Don’t Tell Him It Can’t Be Done Determination, an entrepreneurial spirit, a lot of hard work, and a God given ability to both understand machinery and relate to people enabled Carl Oppel to create his own success in Idaho, after immigrating twice-to Canada from Germany in 1912 and to the U.S. in 1948. Written in his own words, this book describes how Carl saw the world, his family, his faith, and his work to build Oppel Harvester and make a difference.

When I was 16, I got a job as a fireman on Joe Morigeau’s steam threshing outfit. I was told that I was the youngest to get a steam engineer license in Alberta.