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High Point Grows From Rail Junction to Furniture Capital
The article traces High Point NC from its Plank Road railroad crossroads origin to a thriving hub known as the Furniture Capital of the World. It notes early days as a mill town, the 1905 Hosiery Mill founding, the rise of furniture and hosiery exports, and the shift from poverty to diversified industry guided by figures like Tom F. Wrenn and J. H. Millis.
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Thomasville
Jamestown
High Point
Man Slae
Rotary
Chamber of Commerce
Furnitureland
Little Brother
Greensboro
Salem
Winston-Salem
J. P. Morgan
Tom F. Wrenn
Wrenn
J. H. Millis
J. H. Adams
High Point Hosiery
Adams-Millis Corp
Chicago
YMCA
Piedmont
Charles Long
Leo J. Heer
Southern Furniture
Grand Rapids