With the gin (short for engine), raw cotton could be quickly cleaned; Suddenly cotton became a profitable crop, transforming the southern economy and changing the dynamics of slavery. The first ...

If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example of how the industrial revolution took previously manual processes and ...

The former cotton gin was renovated and used for some city ... responded to the major fire in Itasca late Friday night and early Saturday morning, according to Itasca Fire Department.