Ruth Evelyn Carder, of Belpre, Ohio, passed away on June 23, 2026 at Belpre Landing, in Belpre, OH. Ruth was born on March 22nd, 1931, Ritchie County, W.V., the daughter of Goldie Esther Smith Jones ...

Follow North Carolina’s industrial creeks to historic mill stops that still remain, telling stories of a once-thriving past.

More than 250 grey yarn manufacturing open-end (OE) spinning mills across Tamil Nadu have warned of a 50 per cent reduction in production from next week if cotton waste prices are not reduced further, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A century-old cotton mill has become the hub for Huntsville’s art scene and the original home of the cigar box guitar festival. Jody Goldstone turned a passion for painting ...

Built in 1793 by Samuel Slater, Slater Mill was the first successful water-powered cotton-spinning mill in America, and is therefore credited with being the birthplace of the American Industrial ...

TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - A lone smokestack in Tifton is all that remains of a cotton mill that shaped the city for generations. Henry Harding Tift built the Tifton Cotton Mills in the early 1900s. The ...

The Delgado Mills, later Spofford Mills, was a large textile factory built in 1900 on a popular picnic spot. The mill complex included a village with worker housing, a company store, a school, and a ...

Tropical Storm Helene caused historic flooding in Asheville's River Arts District in the fall of 2024. Asheville Cotton Mill Studios, a historic building housing artists, was severely damaged but has ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1790, the first American cotton mill began operating on the banks of the Blackstone River in Rhode Island. The mill was built by Samuel Slater, an immigrant from England. Prior ...

Pine Bluff-based Planters Cotton Mill, Inc. a cottonseed processor, is entering a new cottonseed joint venture with the Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., the Chicago-based multinational food processor.

In 1789, a 21-year-old man landed in New York. He was young, over six feet tall, and ready to take America by storm. Despite having grown up at a farm in the English Midlands, he knew something that ...

A large apartment and retail project aims to extend Fort Mill’s downtown area, revitalizing one of the town’s oldest mill sites. Recent parking, pedestrian and price changes make it more likely to ...