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8/9/1990: Cotton Pickers Averaged 200 Pounds a Day

by Virginia Jewell (Second in a Series) (Appeared in The Hickman County Gazette, Clinton (Hickman County, Ky.) on August 9, 1990) As pickers trudged through the cotton fields of Hickman County in August and September years ago, they dragged coarse … Continue reading

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7/26/1990: Cotton Was King in County 65 Years Ago

by Virginia Jewell (First in a series) (Appeared in The Hickman County Gazette, Clinton (Hickman County, Ky.) on July 26, 1990) Hickman County was once the Land O’Cotton. Located within the northern fringe of the Cotton Belt, the county was … Continue reading

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