Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 4 of this story. In 1866, Harmony Mills in Cohoes, N.Y., just across the river from Troy, was about to build Mill No. 3, the largest expansion in its history. As we ...

American mills are on track to process the least cotton this year since ’85. The year 1885, that is. The same year the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City’s harbor. According to an updated U.S.

FALL RIVER – Reader Ronald Bernardo wrote in to “Fall River Wonders” to say he remembers seeing bales of cotton being offloaded from trains and he’s always wondered how cotton got made into threads ...