Erwin and Painted Post

Erwin and Painted Post are home to major facilities of Corning, Inc., formerly known as Corning Glass Works, a company that made a powerful impact on Erwin's history. In Erwin, folks poured steel, tried out the exotic 1920s military vehicle seen on the cover, and attended family Christmas parties at Ingersoll—Rand. Many of these photographs come from before those high—tech and heavy—industry days, when men rafted lumber down to Gang Mills and farmers relied on equipment that required more h...