CANTON - On the heels of the sale of the iconic 185-acre paper mill in Canton, newly inaugurated North Carolina Attorney ...

1728 William Byrd “discovers” Danville area while surveying dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina. 1792 Town charter by ... 1828 Danville’s first cotton mill established: Danville ...

As the railroad expanded in the South, production of cotton, wheat ... Cities with sources of cheap water power in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina were targeted for the new mills, and ...