Founded in 1849 by Eliam Eliakim Barney and Ebenezer Thresher as Thresher , Packard & Company , it changed names as partners came and went : Barney & Smith faced challenges from bigger railcar makers in the late 1890s and early 1900s and went into receivership in 1913 , when the Great Dayton Flood damaged its facilities ; the company finally disappeared in 1921
Great Dayton Flood
Great Dayton Flood
Barney and Smith Car Company