Farmer Willie Bowling stands in his field of rye in the Cullman area, ca. 1926. Like most of Alabama, Cullman's economy largely centered on farming through the mid-twentieth century, for a time leading the U.S. in pimiento pepper production.

Farmer Willie Bowling stands in his field of rye in the Cullman area, ca. 1926. Like most of Alabama, Cullman's economy largely centered on farming through the mid-twentieth century, for a time leading the U.S. in pimiento pepper production.