In the late 18th century, a young Massachusetts farm boy named Eli Whitney unknowingly .....turning point in American agriculture. At just 12 ...

Big Tin Cotton Gin was first built in 1951. It was the hub for the farmers who made Queen Creek what it is today. "The reason that the town of Queen Creek exists is because of basically this ...

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.

By comparison, in 2023, the average volume per gin dropped a bit to 53,402 bales, but so did acres planted in Arkansas. That year, Arkansas cotton acres declined by 130,000.

A man enters an old cotton gin factory that is being renovated into apartments in Prattville, Ala., on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The project demonstrates the difficulty of telling complicated U.S ...

LUBBOCK, Texas – Cotton ginners have been working through the off-season to make sure they’re ready to get the cotton rolling. Jerry Butman, the general manager for Lubbock Cotton Growers ...

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 ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Boone Hall Plantation is celebrating the completion of a newly renovated multi-use event space on the property. The historic Cotton Gin House was built in the 1850s ...

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.