Like the Black Belt, the Cotton Belt is rooted in slavery — it encompasses the states where cotton was the predominant cash crop from the late 1700s into the 20th century.

Plans for the Cotton Belt line would run trains from DFW International to eastern Plano. Some, though, would prefer bus rapid transit on the route. A key part of fast-tracking rail service on the ...

Thus the St. Louis Southwestern Railway became better known as the Cotton Belt. In 1875, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway began in Tyler, Texas. James W. Paramore, ...

In the 14 states that make up the U.S. cotton belt, the unmistakable racket of mechanical cotton pickers filled the air last week. It was harvest time for the crop that reigned supreme in the ...

Cover crops are going into the ground, and protocols are being written for a Texas A&M AgriLife Research-led project designed to help producers across the Cotton Belt improve efficiencies and the ...

MENACE TO COTTON BELT; Boll Weevil May Work Revolution in Agricultural Methods. Secretary Wilson, in Seventh Annual Report, Discusses Invasion of Insect in Southern States.