Valdosta Cotton Exchange

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Cotton farmers in 1900 bring their harvest to the Cotton Exchange on Hill Avenue in Valdosta. Valdosta served as a major inland market for the long-staple cotton that was grown, beginning in the 1880s, throughout Lowndes County.

Courtesy Lowndes County Historical Society

Valdosta Cotton Exchange

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