he brought the glass company to toledo because number one, there was natural glass in findlay. there was high silica sand available. the businessmen of toledo sweeten the pot and gave him the site for the factory as well as the ability to build houses. once here in toledo, it faltered a bit. the workers were not happy because they did not have their family around. it was not a highly developed area. all the amenities that they were used to in the boston area were not available in toledo. he lost a bunch of workers. he went to west virginia to to recruit the workers he needed. he also recruited a man named michael owens. he ran the factory in the early days and he led the marketing campaign. he was able to go to places like the world's fair in order to put the libby glass company on the international stage. the place where he did that first was the 1893 chicago world's fair. he built this whole rebellion, a whole glass furnace and they could see glass being made. of course, stop at a gift shop at the end and purchase glass. this turned out to be wildly successful. not only do th