South Shows Strong Growth as Iron and Steel Rise
A late 19th century appraisal notes the South’s rapid industrial expansion with over a thousand new industries in three months, many cotton and woolen mills forming. It highlights reduced speculative fever, legitimate enterprise, and the rise of iron and steel centers around the Cam-berland Gap area, spurred by coal and ore wealth and strategic land purchases.
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