The Cotton Museum | Tennessee Crossroads | Episode 2217.3

Agriculture is still a thriving industry in Tennessee, and cotton is still a huge crop. In earlier times cotton wasn't just the livelihood of a farmer, but it was the reason Memphis, TN was on the map. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about the Cotton Museum.

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Memphis being on the edge of the southeast, why did cotton trade not settle elsewhere (like coastal Louisiana)?

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It did. prcno.org/new-orleans-cotton-exchange/