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the great interest that Edwin Harrison took in the early 

 organization of the Manual Training School. That one 

 morning he asked Prof. Woodward what was needed. 

 He answered that 1300 dollars was needed to secure a 

 competent teacher for the next year. The following morning 

 Mr. Harrison sent him a check for that amount. The next 

 year Mr. Harrison paid the full amount for putting up the 

 Manual Training Building. He was a member of the 

 managing board, and from its organization until his 

 death he was its chairman. His interest in the school never 

 nagged. 



In 1858 and 1859 Edwin Harrison was actively employed 

 in the work of the Missouri Geological Survey. In 1858 he 

 assisted Dr. J. G. Norwood and Dr. B. F. Shumard in their 

 geological surveys in southeast Missouri and was with Dr. 

 Norwood in 1859 on his survey in western Missouri. In 1870 

 Mr. Harrison was appointed by the Governor a member of 

 the State Board of Mines and Geology and served as such 

 until it passed out of existence in 1875. 



In 1860-62 he was engaged in merchandizing in Santa Fe. 

 Returning to St. Louis he engaged in iron manufacturing and 

 was the President of the E. Harrison & Co., Manufacturers 

 of Iron. His father dying in 1870, he succeeded to his great 

 accumulation of business. He then became the President of 

 the Chouteau, Harrison and Valle Iron Co. and owner of the 

 Laclede Rolling Mills. 



He was President of the Leadville Branch of the St. Louis 

 Smelting and Refining Works. He was identified with mining 

 enterprises in Montana, was a stockholder in the Granite 

 Mountain Co. and was familiar with the mineral resources 

 from Oregon to Mexico. 



With his education, his natural tastes, his vast experience 

 in mining operations and his almost constant association with 

 both business and science, the country has lost a trained 

 o-eologist and naturalist, as well as a fine business man and 

 a great helper to institutions of learning, a benefactor to 

 mankind. 



