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Troup Factory, the first cotton mill in Troup County, Georgia, was established in 1846 on Flat Shoals Creek by Robertson, Leslie and Co. of Meriwether County. In a massive four-storied mill, water powered carding, spinning, and weaving that produced famed quality sheetings and osnaburgs until 1899. In 1902, L. M. Park bought and removed the mill to LaGrange. Maxey Brooks (1796-1861), a pioneer millwright, built an important gristmill on the site in 1829 and sold it to the company in 1846.
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