https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a21841/nike-waffle-iron/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a21841/n... Many years had pas

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a21841/nike-waffle-iron/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a21841/n... Many years had passed since the Bowermans moved out of the house where the waffle story happened. Located in the western Oregon town of Coburg (population: 1,000), the house was remote, up on a hill and only accessible by a thin one-lane road. There was no way a garbage truck could reach the property, so they often just buried trash in a pit out back. The long-married couple eventually moved away to Fossil, where Bill died in 1999 and Barbara in 2010. But their son, Tom, lived on the family property in Coburg and decided to expand the carport. Digging alongside the house, he came across a treasure trove of Nike history buried alongside the house. There were crudely cobbled-together shoes, old prototype metal plates, cracking rubber soles, peeling molds, and a rusty old waffle iron. Thanks to the distinctive 1930s design, Reames knew this was the appliance that created the Nike we know today.