Handles, Heritage, and Hope - The Demopolis Times

Handles, Heritage, and Hope - The Demopolis Times

By Haley Reed Communities Unlimited In the Black Belt region, lumber mills and the timber industry have long been a cornerstone of the local economy, shaping the area’s development over generations. One such mill has stood just off the banks where the Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers meet since the late 1800s. In 1908, two businessmen from Manchester, England, drawn by reports that the widest hickory trees grew along the Tombigbee River, moved…