Brookford NewsLocal news for Brookford, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Big Read, tough times- February 4, 2008 "Anyway, they made it so hot and heavy for him that he just left." For generations, almost everybody who grew up in the Catawba Valley worked in a mill, lived in a mill village or had relatives who were mill hands, if not all three.The manufacturing way of life that replaced farming molded the people, along with the economy, influencing standards of living, community and more.But few people remember a swatch of local history that pitted neighbors against neighbors and caused some mills to...http://www.topix.net/city/brookford-nc/2008/02/big-read-tough-times?fromrss=1 |