Barges, such as the ones shown here loaded with freshwater mussels, helped make Newport (Jackson County) the center of the U.S. freshwater pearl and button market from 1900 to 1920. At the button industrys peak, one firm required approximately 1,000 fishers to supply the 76,000 pounds of shells processed by the firm each day. The business at its peak also required about 200 button cutters.
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