Tobacco operation puts down new roots

Danville, Ky - The owners of one of the few remaining independent tobacco warehouses operating in the state have moved on from one historical site to another building used by another former tobacco auction mainstay during the fall selling season. Months after Farmers Tobacco Warehouse No. 1 was demolished, owner Jerry Rankin has set up shop and held auctions in what had been Peoples Tobacco Warehouse on Harding Street behind Toliver Elementary School.
... Growers have come from as far away as Indiana, Virginia, Ohio and Indiana, and Rankin said about 2 million pounds of tobacco have been sold at the two warehouses. Continued

Photo: Louisville, Ky., a tobacco auction, between 1890 and 1910 (Library of Congress).