After his death, Eli Whitney was described as "one of the most distinguished men who our country as produced." ...

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.

Frogmore Plantation, located outside Vidalia, Louisiana, and Rosemont, the boyhood home of Jefferson Davis in Woodville, have joined the Natchez Garden Club Spring Pilgrimage. Natchez Garden Club is ...

The U.S. Marshall Services arrested a Hale Center man who faces federal charges after being accused of burglarizing a post ...

Dubbed "the PRATT," the $10 million proposal shepherded by the Autauga County Heritage Association, is touted as a way to preserve Prattville's unique history. Daniel Pratt formed the town that now ...

A horse on the bottom level of the ginhouse powered a massive set of hand-carved wooden machinery that operated the Eli Whitney cotton gin above. The gin separated the cotton fibers from the seeds.

PRATTVILLE − A new museum planned for downtown Prattville is seeking to preserve the history unique to this Southern city, and will serve as an educational center and gathering spot for the ...

A cotton growers from Morgan County and a retired Extension Service scientist from Tift County were recognized with the 2025 ...

He also sardonically targeted co-host David Faber and said “Look I’m sure that when they discovered the cotton gin, and ...

The city of Justin, located at the crossroads of FM 407 and FM 156 in southwest Denton County, has its roots in the railroad.