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