Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.

1952 – 2017

Business Type
Corporation
State of Incorporation
Massachusetts
Business Purpose
Agriculture, Amusement, Heritage Railroad
Rail Operations
1947-1955
Operations In
United States: Massachusetts

Doing Business As, Assumed, or Trade Names

Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger

Carver Cranberries Corporation
2000 to 2003, Merged

Timeline

April 5, 1921
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. purchases land in South Carver for a cranberry plantation.
Source
Town of Carver, “Parcel ID 87-E-2-R,” Assessor's Online Database, 2022, http://www.assessedvalues2.com/pdfs/52/K005272N88965627.pdf.
April 7, 1947
Edaville Railroad is completed on the property of Ellis D. Atwood, Inc..
Source
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth, “The Old Edaville Railroad,” Reinhard's Edaville Site, June 10, 2006, https://web.archive.org/web/20060821215515/http://oldedaville.home.att.net/index.html.
June 5, 1952
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Source
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=ay3XsGx90R.SOsx2a4r7tYniuhZYxc00aP4Q.PRCvqM-.
November 8, 1955
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. property is leased to and operated by F. Nelson Blount.
Source
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth, “The Old Edaville Railroad,” Reinhard's Edaville Site, June 10, 2006, https://web.archive.org/web/20060820030612/http://oldedaville.home.att.net/history1.html.
November 19, 1970
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. property is leased to and operated by Bartholomew Enterprises, Inc.
Source
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth, “The Old Edaville Railroad,” Reinhard's Edaville Site, June 10, 2006, https://web.archive.org/web/20060820030624/http://oldedaville.home.att.net/history2.html.
1996
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. property is leased to and operated by Edaville Entertainment Company LLC.
Source
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth, “The Struggling Edaville Railroad,” Reinhard's Edaville Site, June 10, 2006, https://web.archive.org/web/20060820194342/http://home.att.net/~edaville-rr/edaville.html.
June 1997
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. property is leased to and operated by South Carver Rail, Inc..
Source
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth, “The Struggling Edaville Railroad,” Reinhard's Edaville Site, June 10, 2006, https://web.archive.org/web/20060820194342/http://home.att.net/~edaville-rr/edaville.html.
May 1999
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. property is leased to and operated by Cranrail Corporation.
Source
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth, “The Struggling Edaville Railroad,” Reinhard's Edaville Site, June 10, 2006, https://web.archive.org/web/20060820194342/http://home.att.net/~edaville-rr/edaville.html.
April 25, 2001
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. is acquired by Cranrail Corporation.
Source
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth, “The New Edaville Railroad,” Reinhard's Edaville Site, August 15, 2008, https://web.archive.org/web/20060820033552/http://home.att.net/~edaville-rr/new_history.html.
2001
Edaville Railroad rebrands as Edaville USA.
Source
William Oakes, Edaville USA, September 23, 2001, https://web.archive.org/web/20010925190236/http://edaville.org:80/.
August 8, 2001
Edaville Railroad name is registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Eda Cranberry Company, Inc.
Source
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Edaville Railroad Cranberry Belt Line,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/trademarksearch/TrademarkSearchViewer.aspx?sysvalue=IRTpKR78trXgTU.aM28KMA--.
September 17, 2001
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. officers and directors change to John N. Flagg, Jr., Douglas R. Beaton and Jon Delli Priscoli.
Source
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=ay3XsGx90R.SOsx2a4r7tYniuhZYxc00aP4Q.PRCvqM-.
July 16, 2003
Carver Cranberries Corporation merges into Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.
Source
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Carver Cranberries Corp.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=tsFWHqis0nuiJAG5DWMvhA--.
September 8, 2010
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. property is acquired by EDA-E2 LLC.
Source
Town of Carver, “Parcel ID 87-E-2-R,” Assessor's Online Database, 2022, http://www.assessedvalues2.com/pdfs/52/K005272N88965627.pdf.
August 8, 2011
Edaville Railroad name expires.
Source
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Edaville Railroad Cranberry Belt Line,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/trademarksearch/TrademarkSearchViewer.aspx?sysvalue=IRTpKR78trXgTU.aM28KMA--.
February 23, 2017
Edaville USA rebrands as Edaville Family Theme Park.
Source
Edaville Family Theme Park, “Edaville Family Theme Park,” Facebook, 2022, https://www.facebook.com/EdavilleFamilyThemePark/.
June 30, 2017
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. dissolves.
Source
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division, “Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.,” Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed January 7, 2022, https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=ay3XsGx90R.SOsx2a4r7tYniuhZYxc00aP4Q.PRCvqM-.

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