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1 Textile Mills Pine/Lumber Industry - furniture - Naval Stores – ship building - Paper Natural Resources - Clay - Gold - Coal - Iron *** - All created a mining industry

2 1895 in Atlanta, GA Host to 800,000 visitors Lasted 3 months Showcased the economic recovery of the South (cotton played a large role) Highlighted the regions Natural Resources Lure Northern investors

3 6,000 exhibits at the Expo Visitors saw new machinery and learned how cotton was made into products

4 John Philip Sousa wrote the “King Cotton March” in 1895 for the Cotton Expo. Sousa’s band played at the expo for three weeks. “King Cotton March” became one of his most popular songs.


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