Feature image above: James A. Rogers Sr., left, and Chris Meyer
Things have changed quite a bit since James A. Rogers Sr. started an excavating company with $500 borrowed from his father-in-law. It was 1962, and Rogers, who “was born in a bulldozer seat, just about,” was 19 years old and recently married.
“I paid down on a little bulldozer, and I went to work,” he said. “My first little job, I got $10 an hour for the tractor, and I worked two hours, and I made $20. I got enough money to put gas back in the tractor, and I had $10 to go to the next project.”…