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.
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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.