Extra History. The Cotton Gin - Seeds of a Lie. Posted: April 1, 2025 | Last updated: April 1, 2025. Bowling Green Plantation, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, 1795.

“Due to the drought, it don’t rain enough for cotton gins to gin enough volume to make ends meet,” Butman said. So, many gins are going further to pick up cotton. Butman said 15 years ago Lubbock ...

When Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492, he discovered cotton growing wild. It wasn’t long before the crop found its way into American soil, with the first known cotton seeds ...

The cotton harvest in Marana must go on, whether or not any gins are nearby. This year the management of the Trico Gin, 15315 W. Silverbell Road — Marana's last operating cotton gin ...

By comparison, in 2023, the average volume per gin dropped a bit to 53,402 bales, but so did acres planted in Arkansas. That year, Arkansas cotton acres declined by 130,000.

What was once the world’s largest cotton gin factory is being renovated into apartments. Enslaved people were used to build the factory, which played a key role in the expansion of slavery ...