July 27, 2024
Tag: Mill Town Cards
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The Birth of a Mill Town Kannapolis, NC
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Early this month Postcard History contributor, Tony Crumbley plied the history that James W. Cannon created when he built the world’s largest textile mill in a town he created: Kannapolis, North Carolina. Tony returns today with another fascinating account of the town around the mill.
Past Article
August 25, 2021 3 Comments
What a thrill it must have been to be at the Chamberlin Hotel in December 1907. You had a front-row seat at one of America’s proudest moments – the launch of the Great White Fleet. Twenty-one of the US Navy’s finest vessels set sail in a formation that was seven miles long.