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  2. Avondale Mill Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Sumter Cogswell purchased the 400 acres (160 ha) of land in 1890 after stopping to change trains in the town. By 1902, he had convinced Atlanta industrialist George W. Pratt to build a cotton mill on the land. The following year, the Pell City Manufacturing Company began operational with 21,000 spindles and 640 looms.

  3. Avondale Mills - Wikipedia

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    The mills refined the plentiful cotton from Alabama fields and, at its peak, devoured 20% of the entire state of Alabama's cotton production. The owners and operators of Avondale Mills were noted not only for progressive stances with regards to the overall well-being of their workers, but also for conditions of child labor that, while common at ...

  4. Eclectic, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Eclectic is located at (32.641285, -86.038571 [6]The town is located along Alabama State Route 63, which runs from south to north through the center of town, leading northeast 26 mi (42 km) to Alexander City and southwest 5 mi (8.0 km) to the unincorporated community of Claud.

  5. List of plantations in Alabama - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Alabama that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.

  6. Umbria Plantation - Wikipedia

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    Umbria Plantation, also known as the Samuel Pickens Plantation, was a historic cotton plantation and Greek Revival-style plantation house near what is now Sawyerville, Alabama. The plantation was established by Samuel Pickens, the younger brother of Alabama's third governor, Israel Pickens .

  7. Cotton District Arts Festival returns to Starkville - AOL

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    The Cotton District Arts Festival, which got rained out in 2019 and cancelled by COVID in 2020, will take to the streets of downtown Starkville once again on Saturday, Oct. 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m

  8. Preuit Oaks - Wikipedia

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    Preuit Oaks is a historic plantation house near Leighton in Colbert County, Alabama. The house was built in 1847 by Dr. John S. Napier, on land originally owned by his father-in-law. The house and land were sold in 1851 to W. Richard Preuit, who developed the property into a large cotton plantation using the forced labour of enslaved people.

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