On this day in 1793, young inventor Eli Whitney had his U.S. patent for the cotton gin approved, an invention that would definitely have an impact on social and economic conditions that led to the ...

This famous invention has a complex history. Eli Whitney had just graduated from Yale University in 1792, when he accepted a ...

There’s a new sign on the cotton gin located just south of Kingstree. Humphrey Coker Seed Company owners D. Brown and Keith Gill purchased the Tri-Cotton and Gin facility in April and have been busy ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (TB&P) — 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 ...

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 Photographer ...

DOERUN, GA (WALB) - Southwest Georgia’s rich farmlands have been hit hard by Hurricane Michael. Millions of dollars expected to be lost in the cotton industry alone. Click this link to see how many ...

A south Lubbock County cotton gin hopes to speed up its ginning efficiency with its new equipment, especially since the High Plains is expected to yield a record crop. Lubbock Cotton Growers purchased ...

WOODSBORO, Texas — South Texas is known for its rich farmlands, and two years ago, the area was hit hard by Hurricane Harvey. Millions of dollars were lost in the cotton industry alone. It has been a ...

DOERUN, Ga. (WALB) - It’s been a month since an EF-2 tornado ripped through Doeun and destroyed a cotton gin and it’s going to take more than a clean-up to get it back fully operational. The structure ...

The Lubbock County Historical Commission will dedicate a Texas Historical Marker on Oct. 5 to recognize Lubbock's first cotton gin. Lubbock's first cotton gin opened in 1904, three years after W.P.

Since then, the United Way of the Coastal Bend has established a recovery fund to support those affected by the fire, raising ...