Cotton is King
by Larry Braun
Title
Cotton is King
Artist
Larry Braun
Medium
Digital Art - Photography
Description
Richardson Gin Inc
112 W Main St
Marston Missouri
Selected in the MY MISSOURI 2021 PHOTO GALLERY touring the state as part of the bicentennial celebration
No crop has influenced modern day Southeast Missouri like cotton. At the beginning of the 20th century when the swamps were being drained and timber cut down, a large area of fertile land because available for agriculture. At the same time the boll weevil had started taken over the cotton fields in the south. The only thing missing was the massive amounts of labors required to produce this crop. These two event created a massive migration of sharecroppers into the boothill from the south.
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November 25th, 2018
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