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The first cotton gin on this site was built by John M. Sentell circa 1895. It was a wooden structure painted red and known as The Red Gin. It burned and was replaced by the current structure circa 1933. In 1953 Lowry and Wash Sentell modernized the gin with new machinery and steel wagon sheds with Butler Dodson as a partner. Later the gin was bought by Jimmy Lee Sloan, Jim Adger, and Moulton Storey and renamed Dixie Gin. The present owner is Sandy Saunders who leases the gin for social occasions.
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