Prattville Unveils Historic Cotton Gin Shop Factory Whistle Honoring Founder Daniel Pratt

Daniel Pratt was the founder of Prattville and an industrialist who created what was once the world's largest cotton gin manufacturing facility there.  A transplanted New Englander, he was the primary benefactor for the Prattville Dragoons formed in 1861 and also helped the Confederate cause throughout the War.  The city of Prattville recently unveiled a new tourist highlight at the Marriott hotel on the Robert Trent Jones golf course honoring Daniel Pratt.  An historic whistle like the one used to signal shift change at his cotton gin factory now sounds at 4pm each day and can be heard across the course and throughout the area including nearby neighborhoods.  You can read more at this link - http://www.azfamily.com/story/37683820/new-gin-shop-whistle-unveiled-in-prattville.