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Laurinburg, North Carolina
But Laurinburg’s past tells quite the different story. The textile industry brought about a period of great prosperity for the town at the end of the 19th century. Villages surrounded the textile plants in the east of Laurinburg, with homes for workers such as these pictured in 1908. North Carolina is still known for textiles, but the factories are now in bigger towns and cities, such as nearby Charlotte.
