When most people hear the name Eli Whitney, they think of the cotton gin. This machine was patented in 1794 and is basically a mechanical cotton sorting machine. The gin itself is actually short ...

This process changed when American inventor Eli Whitney made the first cotton gin. The cotton gin was a ... 1876 as Alexander Graham Bell took the patent for a device called telephone.

The historic Daniel Pratt cotton gin and property in downtown Prattville is set to be auctioned off at the Autauga County Courthouse Dec. 29 according to a legal advertisement in Saturday's ...

The historic Daniel Pratt cotton gin and property in downtown Prattville is set to be auctioned off at the Autauga County Courthouse Dec. 29 according to a legal advertisement in Saturday's ...