His brother-in-law, Terah Maroney’s long history in aviation on the West Coast led him to Bill Boeing, whom Maroney flew for ...

Big Tin Cotton Gin is at risk of closing to make way for a QT gas station. Nothing is set in stone yet as a historical designation could still be filed.

A once-abandoned cotton gin factory with history tied up in slavery is being renovated into apartments in Prattville, Ala.

At first glance, the loss of a cotton gin in Arkansas seems to reflect the waning number of cotton acres in any given year, but the picture is a little more complex.

The Ballplay Bend Fire Department has secured funding to construct a storm shelter for the community. This initiative has ...

Bowling Green Plantation, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, 1795. Eli Whitney has planted the seed of the American cotton industry's industrial revolution by engineering the cotton gin! Which would ...

This gin was exhibited at the World's Fair, in London, where it was commended, and adopted as best calculated to promote the growth of cotton in India, Egypt, Turkey, Italy and Brazil.

The historic Daniel Pratt cotton gin and property in downtown Prattville is set to be auctioned off at the Autauga County Courthouse Dec. 29 according to a legal advertisement in Saturday's ...

Slavery’s ghost haunts cotton gin factory’s transformation A once-abandoned cotton gin factory that is being renovated into apartments stands beside Autauga Creek in Prattville, Ala.

The historic Daniel Pratt cotton gin and property in downtown Prattville is set to be auctioned off at the Autauga County Courthouse Dec. 29 according to a legal advertisement in Saturday's ...