Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography: E. H. DICKSON ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, , 1998. ************************************************************************** E. H. DICKSON - proprietor of the "Chesapeake Mills," which began operations April 4, 1882. The mill is a three-story building, 45 x 48 feet, engine house 20 x 30 feet, tublar boiler four feet in diameter, 14 feet in length; 40-horse power, side-valve engine, made by Atlas Engine Works, Indianapolis, Indiana. The mill contains four run of buhrs, two for wheat, one for middlings, one for corn, and has all the modern machinery for milling. The cost of building and machinery was $9,000. E. H. DICKSON, proprietor; William FOX, head miller; W. E. SHANKLIN, engineer, and Alfred KING, assistant miller. The proprietor's post office address is Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974.