By 1910, Ball was no longer simply a fruit-jar company in Muncie. The brothers had spent decades buying factories, machinery, molds, and competitors, and they were beginning to knit those pieces into a much larger industrial network.

Part Two follows Ball into Texas, through the First World War and the rise of home canning, the company’s 1922 name change, and the 1925 purchase of Schram, which brought the Drey jar line into the Ball system.

Before Ball became the name stamped across pantry shelves, five brothers began with wooden-jacketed tin cans, borrowed money, and a willingness to move wherever opportunity opened the door.

Part One follows the Ball brothers from Buffalo to Muncie, through their early glassmaking years, aggressive expansion, and the 1909 Greenfield purchase that helped transform Ball into a growing glass empire.