Ditchwitch

Ditch Witch products are an important part of the history of American industry. The Ditch Witch compact trencher has twice been named "one of the 100 best American-made products in the world" by Fortune magazine. In 2002, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) President Susan H. Kemp awarded the Ditch Witch organization a bronze landmark plaque. More recently, The Travel Channel recently recognized the company's dedication to homegrown products by featuring the Ditch Witch manufacturing facility on its program Made in America, hosted by John Ratzenberger.

The original Ditch Witch trencher became a permanent part of the new Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City in 2005. But the trencher's inventor, Ed Malzahn, who was inducted into the Oklahoma Inventors Hall of Fame in 2004, isn't exactly ready to be a museum piece. The embodiment of the durability of the machines he pioneered, Malzahn serves as an inspiration to future generations of innovators.