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When Edwin Binney was born
Edwin Binney was born on March 19, 1866. He was born in Shrub Oak, New York -
Edwin took the operations
Edwin took over the operations of the Peeksill Chemical Co., his fathers buiseness, that produced natural gas. -
He gets married
Edwin Binney gets married to Alice Benny. Edwin was 27. -
The opened mill
Edwin Binney and Harold Smith opened a mill in Easton, Pennsylvania to produce slate pencils for school. -
Won a gold medal with his experients
Edwin began experimenting and created the first dustless chalk. In 1902 they won a gold medal for the invention at the St. Louis fair. -
They produced the crayon!
They soon saw the affordable need for wax crayons, and in 1903 Binney produced the first box of eight Crayola Crayons. Alice Binney Edwins wife created the name of Crayola -
They got rich!
The Edwin family is rich! Edwin owned 1,000 acres of citrus groves in the area, which is then called Fort Pierce Farms. -
Edwin and Alice have kids.
Edwin nd Alice have kids. They were Mary Binney, Helen Binney, Dorothy binney, and Edwin Binney, Jr. -
Edwin dies
Edwin Binney died at age of 68 -
Alice dies
Alice Binney dies are age of 73
