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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 
flagged. , 
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 Fé. 
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 Vallé 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 
geologist and naturalist, as well as a fine business man and 
a great helper to institutions of learning, a benefactor to 
mankind. 
