J H Hall Plow Company
To quote Thom Anderson, “in the 1870’s, ’80’s and 90’s, my Great-grandfather, James Houston Hall, Jr., his three brothers: Samuel, John and Will and their father, James H. Hall, Sr. went to New Orleans to represent their plow factory at the annual Industrial Exhibition. They displayed various plow models designed for peanut, cotton, sorghum, and sugarcane farming throughout the South and Caribbean and Central and South America. They usually stayed at the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans until after Mardi Gras when they returned to Maysville with plow orders which would keep the factory busy for most of the following year. This picture shows the very handsome display of plows at one of the annual New Orleans Industrial Exhibitions. The James H. Hall or Eagle Plow Works died a natural death in the early years of 1900 when the four brothers failed to invest capital to convert their equipment (originally designed to be pulled by oxen, mules, or horses) to operate with the ‘new’ motor driven tractors.”
