The textile industry got its start in 1769 when a British inventor devised a mechanized system for spinning cotton into yarn, using multiple spindles. This was the system used in New England mills.

Apparel makers in the Carolinas say trade policy must change because of a boom in tariff-free shipments to U.S. consumers from foreign manufacturers. Cotton fields in front of Enfield Cotton ...

ED: WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF MILLS IN MASSACHUSETTS, THEY PROBABLY THINK OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY, FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD. MARIA: BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND LONGEST ...

"American Textile Colossus: The Story of Fall River, Massachusetts, its Cotton Manufacturing Industry, and its People," is available at the Historical Society.