Bud Miller leaves his decaying tobacco basket factory in Courtney. Hanging on the wall are examples of the baskets he makes for sale to decorators, craft shops, and anyone who happens by wanting to purchase a relic of fading tobacco lore.
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Bud Miller leaves his decaying tobacco basket factory in Courtney. Hanging on the wall are examples of the baskets he makes for sale to decorators, craft shops, and anyone who happens by wanting to purchase a relic of fading tobacco lore.

Classic tobacco craft fades away

By Wesley Young

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YADKINVILLE – Yadkin County once was home to as many as six factories that made thousands of baskets and shipped them to any part of the country where people were growing and marketing tobacco.

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