A cotton warehouse has been at the riverfront since at least the late 1800s, Harper said, and was first owned by W.S. Persinger. The warehouse, and later the gin, was so profitable that Persinger ...

As the market demand for cotton increased in the early 1800s, the Southern cotton industry expanded dramatically, as did the system of slave labor it relied on. Location Currently not on view ID ...

In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which made processing cotton dramatically easier and changed the clothing industry forever. Before his invention, cotton cloth was extremely expensive ...

As reported by ArtDaily, the machine, which dates to the early 1800s, but is not thought to be a Whitney original, is expected to fetch upwards of $10,000 at the Americana & Political Signature ...

Cotton was 'king' in the plantation economy of the Deep South. ... “First cotton gin” from Harpers Weekly. 1869 illustration depicting event of some 70 years earlier by William L. Sheppard.

According to the Texas Cotton Gin Museum in the southeast Texas town of Burton, Dallas County had 78 cotton gins in the 1930s, including six within Dallas’ city limits.(Jae S. Lee / Staff ...

It has been 60 years since cotton was ginned in White County. That will change this fall. A new cotton gin has broken ground outside of Griffithville. The gin will employ at least 20 people ...