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The Toxaway Cotton Mill Tokens of Anderson, SC

2014-09-19
By: Aaron Packard
On: September 19, 2014
In: Labor
With: 8 Comments

Critical to the success in the early 20th century southern textile industry were the mill villages. Like coal and mining towns that supported their industries, mill villages supported textile and cotton mills, and were fully functional towns unto themselves…Continue Reading

Scotland’s Deanston Cotton Mill Tokens

2013-04-21
By: Aaron Packard
On: April 21, 2013
In: Industry
With: 0 Comments

Finished in 1785, the Deanston Cotton Mill in Pirthshire, Scotland was built alongside the River Teith to harness the river’s power. Before modern automation, child labor laws and safety regulations, in its early years very young children worked at the factory …Continue Reading

Florida’s Tallahassee Rail Road & Its Obsolete Scrip

2013-02-03
By: Aaron Packard
On: February 3, 2013
In: History
With: 4 Comments

Conceived and financed by cotton planters who needed a way to get their crop to textile mills in northern states, in 1834 the Tallahassee Rail Road was organized in the Territory of Florida. Being one of the first operational railroads in the United States, construction for its route began inContinue Reading

Wilmington’s Champion Compress & Warehouse Co

2011-05-19
By: Aaron Packard
On: May 19, 2011
In: Labor
With: 0 Comments

On or about the year of 1879 the Champion Compress & Warehouse Company was incorporated in the city of Wilmington, North Carolina. An economic powerhouse, the company quickly attained a dominant role in the exportation of cotton crops grown and cultivated in the southern United States.Continue Reading

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