1890's Nebraska Cotton Mill



The Kearney Cotton Mill. Construction on the Mill started in 1890 by the Cumnock brothers (A. G., John, J. W., George W., and Walter), cotton manufacturers from the East. Total floor space of the completed mill was 89,587 square feet. Total cost of the mill and the equipment was $400,000. By September 22, 1892, the first shipment of cotton goods manufactured in Nebraska to be shipped out of the

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