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Ep. 25 The Impact a Cotton Mill had on a Community


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Have you ever wondered the importance that a cotton mill would have on a community? Danny Walden from Dyersburg, Tenn., who was on a previous episode about the missing town of Minglewood, joins Scott to discuss the impact the cotton industry had in the small community of Dyersburg right before the Great Depression and how the town continued forward even after the depression. He also gives us some insider information about what was found in a safe of the cotton mill after it was pilled from a fire in the early 1900s. Be sure to check out the Dyer County Museum for the steam whistle that was blown for shift change and the contents that were found inside the safe.
And later, Russell Orr tell us why a T-Rex is not a scavenger.
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