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August 26, 1879

Hendrick's Patent Expansion Wheel Company incorporated

The Hendrick's Patent Expansion Wheel Company was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: A. C. Drawbaugh, A. C. Hendricks, C. L. Barnhart of Duffields, Jefferson County; Dr. S. M. Scott of Preston County; and A. R. Scott of Champaign City, IL. The company's purpose was to manufacture and sell the patent expansion wheel, patented by A. C. Hendricks, at Duffields, Jefferson County.

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