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Dallas, Lincoln, Lowe, and Merrimack: The mills that shaped Huntsville’s legacy

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Before the space race brought NASA and a team of German scientists to Huntsville, and before the city became a hub for the defense industry, it was manufacturing that drove the local economy.  Standing at the center of an industrial push by city leaders that began late in the 19th century were the major textile […]

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Dallas, Lowe and Lincoln Mills closer to historic street signs

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The preliminaries are nearly finished and the folks behind the movement to add the Dallas Mill Historical District to the growing list of Huntsville neighborhoods adorned with the city’s brown and white street signs are nearing their goal. The Dallas Mill burned down years ago, but old-timers and more recent arrivals alike gathered at Jackson […]

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