Agriculture was revolutionized by Cyrus McCormick, who built his first reaper at his Father's mill in Augusta County. The operation moved to Chicago to become the International Harvester Corporation.
Unleash the Entrepreneurs [click to read] by Edward L. Glaeser in City Journal.
Waynesboro grew to its greatest extent in the mid-Twentieth Century propelled by industry such as the DuPont plant that employed thousands...
...and provided the resources for them to build many fine homes in the city.
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