The idyllic, rural property, founded in 1905, is one of the last intact mill villages in North Carolina, according to the Charlotte Observer. The cotton yarn manufacturer was one of many textile ...

Greenville County was once known as the textile capital of the world. That industry no longer serves as the lifeblood of the ...

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 ...

(The Center Square) – Paying into a fund monitoring an eradicated insect that nearly wiped out North Carolina's cotton crop a century ago could easily be translated to a tax. This one is pretty ...

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 ...

April 2 (UPI) --North Carolina workers affected by a paper mill closure and layoffs were awarded an additional $2 million Wednesday by the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor said in a ...