Here, a group gathers at the site of the original Cotton Exchange building on Howard Street, now owned by Viking Range Corp. From the left are, kneeling, are Steve Lary, Dwayne Coward, Sam Gullette, Quinton Perry, Jeanna Robertson and Tom Pitts. Standing from the left are Jim Quinn, Brent Noah, Beth Tackett, Rachel Frost, Richard Sanders, James Langley, Jan Verhage, Joycelyn Mitchell, Spann Robertson, Buddy Montgomery, Dale Persons and Emmett Chassaniol. McAdams is not pictured. In addition to cotton merchants, banks and other businesses are members of the Cotton Exchange.
