Oakdale Cotton Mills

Oakdale Cotton Mills
Author: Mary A. Browning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738567532

Oakdale Cotton Mills, in continuous operation in rural Jamestown since 1865, began as Logan Manufacturing Company immediately after the Civil War. Its primary backer, Cyrus P. Mendenhall, was a descendant of Jamestown's early Quaker settler James Mendenhall. In the late 1880s, the mill's ownership moved to the Ragsdale family, which still owns it five generations later. Oakdale's mill village dates from the same period. Some families have lived and worked at Oakdale for multiple generations, developing a culture based on mutual trust and respect. As the mill struggles to compete with overseas products and as the number of employees dwindles, it is clear that a way of life and an industrial era are ending.

Cotton Conditions

Cotton Conditions
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Agriculture and Forestry Committee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1930
Genre:
ISBN:

Cotton Conditions

Cotton Conditions
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1930
Genre: Cotton trade
ISBN:

Biennial Report

Biennial Report
Author: North Carolina. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
Total Pages: 982
Release: 1901
Genre:
ISBN: