A more specific section lists names of mills by counties, year of incorporation, owner, capital stock, production, machines, horsepower, and days of operation. This publication dates from 1901 and lists mill names, types, and location. Then click on The Daily Reflector Index to search the Eastern Reflector for the years 1882 to 1890. There are a number of articles on cotton. The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps show locations of and provide information about buildings, railroads, bridges, streets and other features of towns and cities within each county in the state.
Maps are from the late nineteenth century into the twentieth century.
Maps show textile mills in the towns and also the mill villages surrounding them. There is also information on how the plants were heated, lighted, etc. Many newspapers carried articles proposing investments in new mills or references to existing ones.