In 1927, deep in the heart of Texas, a group of local cotton farmers built the Belton Farmers' Gin Coop. This Gin was built to replace an earlier gin which apparently burned down in the 1920s. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Bell County was an important cotton- producing area with Belton as its center of cotton processing, commerce and shipping. The gin compound was comprised … [Read more...] about History behind “The Gin at Nolan Creek”