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Person County is one of those counties which owes its present prosperity and progress to three outstanding factors: agricultural resources, industrial plants, and the tobacco market. There are a total of 2,672 farms valued in excess of $5,000,000 in Person County; the principal crops are tobacco, corn, wheat, and sweet potatoes. Among the largest industrial concerns are velvet and cotton mills.
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18997
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Person County owes its present prosperity and progress to three factors--its agricultural resources, industrial plants, and tobacco market. The county has 2,672 farms with a total value of over $5 million. Among the largest industrial concerns are the Collins and Aikman Corporation with a plant employing 1,500, and the Roxboro Cotton Mills and the Longhurst Cotton Mills. The county is also rich in undeveloped minerals, including copper, iron, and granite.
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18998
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Camp Mackall, located near Hoffman in Richmond County, is a thirty-thousand acre military reservation where the Airborne Command, the Army's newest fighting unit, will train. The camp is named for Pvt. John T. Mackall, the first American paratrooper to lose his life in the North African campaign.
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