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Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.

  1. History
  2. Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.

Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.

1952 – 2017, Dissolved

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
Edaville Railroad, 1945 – Present
Edaville USA, 2001 – 2017

Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger

Carver Cranberries Corporation
2000 to 2003, Merged

Timeline

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April 5, 1921
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. purchases land in South Carver for a cranberry plantation.
Citation
Town of Carver. "Parcel ID 87-E-2-R." Assessor's Online Database. 0-0-2022. http://www.assessedvalues2.com/pdfs/52/K005272N88965627.pdf.
April 7, 1947
Edaville Railroad is completed on the property of Ellis D. Atwood, Inc..
Citation
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth. "The Old Edaville Railroad." Reinhard's Edaville Site. 6-10-2006. 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.
Citation
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division. "Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.." Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 0-0-0. 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.
Citation
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth. "The Old Edaville Railroad." Reinhard's Edaville Site. 6-10-2006. 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.
Citation
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth. "The Old Edaville Railroad." Reinhard's Edaville Site. 6-10-2006. 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.
Citation
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth. "The Struggling Edaville Railroad." Reinhard's Edaville Site. 6-10-2006. 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..
Citation
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth. "The Struggling Edaville Railroad." Reinhard's Edaville Site. 6-10-2006. 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.
Citation
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth. "The Struggling Edaville Railroad." Reinhard's Edaville Site. 6-10-2006. 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.
Citation
Reinhard B. Wohlgemuth. "The New Edaville Railroad." Reinhard's Edaville Site. 8-15-2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20060820033552/http://home.att.net/~edaville-rr/new_history.html.
2001
Edaville Railroad rebrands as Edaville USA.
Citation
William Oakes. "." Edaville USA. 9-23-2001. 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.
Citation
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division. "Edaville Railroad Cranberry Belt Line." Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 0-0-0. 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.
Citation
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division. "Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.." Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 0-0-0. 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.
Citation
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division. "Carver Cranberries Corp.." Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 0-0-0. 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.
Citation
Town of Carver. "Parcel ID 87-E-2-R." Assessor's Online Database. 0-0-2022. http://www.assessedvalues2.com/pdfs/52/K005272N88965627.pdf.
August 8, 2011
Edaville Railroad name expires.
Citation
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division. "Edaville Railroad Cranberry Belt Line." Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 0-0-0. https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/trademarksearch/TrademarkSearchViewer.aspx?sysvalue=IRTpKR78trXgTU.aM28KMA--.
February 23, 2017
Edaville USA rebrands as Edaville Family Theme Park.
Citation
Edaville Family Theme Park. "Edaville Family Theme Park." Facebook. 0-0-2022. https://www.facebook.com/EdavilleFamilyThemePark/.
June 30, 2017
Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. dissolves.
Citation
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporations Division. "Ellis D. Atwood, Inc.." Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 0-0-0. https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?sysvalue=ay3XsGx90R.SOsx2a4r7tYniuhZYxc00aP4Q.PRCvqM-.

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