Cotton Farm

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Although cotton is still grown in Stewart County today, overproduction and lack of rail access ultimately led to the crop's decline in the county during the 1850s. Earlier in the nineteenth century, the county was one of the state's top three cotton producers.

Courtesy of Matthew M. Moye

Cotton Farm

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