Georgia’s EconomyIn the New South

Textile Mills

Pine/Lumber Industry - furniture- Naval Stores – ship building- Paper

Natural Resources- Clay- Gold- Coal- Iron*** - All created a mining industry

International Cotton Expo

1895 in Atlanta, GA

Host to 800,000 visitors

Lasted 3 months

Showcased the economic recovery of the South (cotton played a large role)

Highlighted the regions Natural Resources

Lure Northern investors

International Cotton Expo

6,000 exhibits at the Expo

Visitors saw new machinery and learned how cotton was made into products

International Cotton Expo

John Philip Sousa wrote the “King Cotton March” in 1895 for the Cotton Expo.

Sousa’s band played at the expo for three weeks.

“King Cotton March” became one of his most popular songs.