Show COTTON MILL AT washington tile tho first cotton over ever raised in tho the of utah was waa grown by samuel knight at santa clara in tile tho year 1855 1805 A fow few later it was also produced at washington and also alao nt at or price city as it was litter inter called with tho the arrival of tho first settlers sott lers to tho the dixie mission tit in 1861 ri 11 great interest was taken lit in tho the industry as 13 it t was a very important factor lit in tho the establishment ot of an independent economic empire lit in tile tho west within a fow few years production ars so great gmt tho the L D S church decided to moyo move its cotton factory near salt lake to washington before this time all boods were removed by hand except choso taken caro care of oc at tho the cotton gin sit at the northeast entrance ont ranco of tho the city operated by samuel L b adams in fit about 1805 1866 I 1 A R whitehead was waa tho first super Inton dont dent of 0 the now low plent with mr davidson davedson Dav ldson as machinist amanda paco and two girls were taught how to tend tile tho machinery and they theli in turn taught others i cotton batts baits carpet warp blankets blanke ts ging ginghams liams etc made lit in abend ance in 1859 1869 joseph jaseph birch was waa sent mist east for machinery tor for a woolen department part ment and on its arriva A an all upper tipper story was added to tho the factory and yarn nna different varieties of woolen cloth were nia made 10 i this business flourished to quite rin cn extent and furnished fabrics for all local people tor for it a ceriol of thirty civo years bilowith but bilt with quicker means of 0 trans por port atlon tation fron from i tho the east and tho the in creaked uso use of up to dato date machinery I 1 and shoddy in materials it was found that the factory could not compete with alito ahto lower prices and it was IM closed in 1901 washington co now news |