EDWARD HAMLIN EVERETT : "The Bottle King" by Chessman, G. Wallace; Abbott, Curtis W - 1991

Robbins Hunter Museum , 1991. 107pp. Over sized red cloth hardback, no DJ, b&w photos and illustrations, appendix, bibliography, Biography of Edward Hamlin Everett, a "noted American businessman and philanthropist, His innovations in glass manufacturing led to his discovery of oil and natural gas in Ohio, where his workers struck natural gas in 1887. By 1906 Everett owned 50 gas wells in Licking and Knox Counties; he subsequently drilled over 400 wells. His investments later extended to cattle, real estate, orchids and apple orchards, and large stockholdings the Anheuser-Busch Co. His orchard of 70,000 trees at Old Bennington was once the largest one-man owned orchard in America. He was also one of the first manufacturers of automobiles. His company, The American Bottle Company, merged with Corning to eventually become Owens Corning", . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.