Long before the 1900’s, the entrepreneurial spirit of the Meyer family existed in a diversity of business enterprises. There was a tobacco shop, the barbershop, and the flower shop. Pictured here is the A.B. Meyer Coal Company dating back to 1923. As the use of coal started to decline, the Meyers became involved in building supplies and limestone. They later discovered the dust from the crushed limestone was a desired product as a fertilizer, paint pigment, a filler in resins, and even for chicken feed