Few can resist taking a closer look at the 1918 Milburn Electric Coupe, Model 27 on view in the Carriage House at the Center for History. As a maker of horse-drawn vehicles, the Milburn Wagon Company was established in Mishawaka, Indiana, in 1848 by George Milburn, father-in-law of Clement Studebaker.  In 1914, the company moved to Toledo, Ohio, where they began to manufacture automobiles.  The company manufactured over 7,000 cards during the eight years the auto was in production. Among the more popular of American electric cars, Milburns were used by President Woodrow Wilson’s secret service men. The car was donated to the Center for History in 1973 by Marlin Miller.