Berryville Businesses In 1888
Carroll County, Arkansas




W. P. George, J. H. Malloy, druggists; Freeman & Bobo, O. D. Thornton and Son, K. J. Hodge, Shaver and Neff, general stores; Lincoln Phillips, Henry Wood, W. T. Cartwright, grocers; Mitchell and Ferree, Nunnally and Pearce, hardware; F. S. Kirtley, harness, etc.; A. C. Hailey, jeweler; James McCleary, hotel.

The Berryville Canning and Evaporating Company, incorporated in 1888 with an authorized capital of $20,000, was organized in June, 1888, with the following board of directors: W. P. George, president; W. H. Ross, vice-president; Len Nunnally, secretary; C. W. Hamilton, treasurer; J. W. Freeman, A. S. Bobo. A three-story frame building, 24,050 feet and twenty four feet high, was completed for the company in July, 1888. The plant, consisting of a Plummer evaporator with a daily capacity of 150 bushels of apples or 100 bushels of peaches, was placed in operation in August, 1888.

The flouring mill of J. W. Freeman and Co., with engines of twenty-five horse power, has a large and increasing trade.

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