If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example of how the industrial revolution took previously manual processes and ...

Mid-South Farm and Gin Show is set for Feb. 28 - Mar. 1, 2025, at the Renasant Convention Center in Memphis, TN.

On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin ...

click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied ...

The gin shop, downtown's iconic landmark, was home to Pratt's industrial pursuits. At one time it was the largest cotton gin ...

The Hutchinson News reports that the southern Kansas cotton gin formerly known as High Plains Cotton could see its second biggest ginning year. Its first was in 2007, when it ginned 24,000 bales.

Florence County leaders have plans to revive a local landmark that will display what life was like for a family in the early ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - An outdated Farm Bill, a devastating wildfire, and a cotton gin celebrating 100 years all topped ag headlines this year. KCBD takes a look back at the big agricultural stories ...