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History of the Canton, Georgia Cotton Mills 1899 - 1981 through photography?Detailed photos showing the construction of the mills, employees, machinery, mill village life and historic documents.
Author : Michael A. Wagner
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 36,82 MB
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Cotton
ISBN : 9780982952009
History of the Canton, Georgia Cotton Mills 1899 - 1981 through photography?Detailed photos showing the construction of the mills, employees, machinery, mill village life and historic documents.
Author : Felicia S. Whitmore
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738554259
In 1830, settlers in Woodstock first cleared the land for crops and livestock. Paths were crude and rough. In the mid- to late 1800s, the small, agricultural community grew into a town with grocers, blacksmiths, mills, and livery stables with help from the railroad, which was a trading and communication line to the new town. Before the Civil War, the cotton industry boomed; in 1860, there were 33 cotton mills in Georgia employing about 2,800 workers. But by the 1930s, Woodstock had suffered the drastic effects of the Depression, and the cotton industry declined. In the 1940s, after the Depression left many farmers broke, poultry became the new thriving business. The depot, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1912 by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to replace the depot of 1879. It served as the center of shipping and receiving freight and the arrival and departure point for civilian passengers and military personnel.
Author : Rebecca Johnston
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 38,77 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1467113883
Chartered on December 24, 1833, Canton was the county seat of the fledging Cherokee County, which the Georgia Legislature created two years earlier from Cherokee Indian Territory. Situated in a wide curve of the Etowah River, Canton was ideally located to become the economic, social, and educational center of the region. The earliest white settlers had already started arriving in the area, lured by the discovery of gold, state lotteries offering free land, and abundant natural resources. Early residents like William Grisham, Judge Joseph Donaldson, and John P. Brooke quickly established themselves as leaders of the new town. As Canton thrived, it became home to men like Joseph Emerson Brown, who later served as Georgia's governor during the Civil War--a distinction that led to the town being mostly burned by Sherman's troops. By the early 1900s, the railroad brought a new prosperity, a cotton mill was flourishing, and Canton was set to enjoy the next century as a center of government, banking, and commerce.
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Page : 776 pages
File Size : 47,83 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Cotton manufacture
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Author : Georgia. Dept. of Commerce and Labor
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Page : 88 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 1919
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Page : 536 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 1901
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Author : Georgia. Dept. of Commerce and Labor
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,83 MB
Release : 1912
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Author : United States. Industrial Commission
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Page : 536 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 1901
Category : United States
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Author : Obediah B. Stevens
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Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 37,5 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Georgia
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Page : 878 pages
File Size : 26,20 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Cotton
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