Bel Air Roller Mills: The Town's First Industry How the railroad and Henry Reckord spurred industrial growth 5.5 by 8.5 inch, prefect bound 96 pages Illustrated and indexed Published 2005 List price: $9.95 Retailer discount for 5 or more - 40 percent
Table of Contents
Preface vi
Part 1. Bel Air, the County Seat 1
Harford County Established 2 Vote for the County Seat 3 Savvy Aquila Scott 5 First Courthouse 8 The Town Grows 11
Part 2. Reckordville 13
Henry Reckord 13 Bone Dust Fertilizer 14 Special Compound 19
Part 3. Industry Comes to Bel Air 21
Maryland Central Railroad 21 Major Dallam’s Addition 22 Henry Reckord & Sons 23 Henry Reckord Manufacturing Co. 31 Reckord Manufacturing Co. 35 Hard Times 41
Part 4. Sunshine Feed Store 45
Plant and Facilities 48 Personnel 48 Sales and Operations 50 Sunshine Competition 52 A Funny Thing Happened 54
Part 5. Bel Air Farm Supply 57
H. Smith Walter Acquires the Business 57 Smith Walter Buys Reckord Mill 62 Bobbie Carrier Comes to Work 64 Paula Ward Reports to the Office 69 A Funny Thing Happened 70 Edward W. Harkins Helps Out 71
Part 6. The Mill of Bel Air 75
Henry Smith Holloway Comes Home 75 Holloway Buys the Business 77 Custom Blended Feed 80 Holloway Gets Married 81 The Mill of Bel Air 81 Southern States Acquisitions 84 The Future 87
Appendix 89
Bel Air and Harford County Population 89 Bel Air Roller Mills Construction 90
