The Town of Paris (named
after plaster of paris, which was plentiful in
the area) was founded by Hiram Caprum. A "high-tech
geek" of his time, Caprum made his money
off of an iron furnace at Long Point.
In the early 1900's,
Penman's knitting mills brought woman in from
all over the world to work in Paris. Because of
this, the majority of bread winners were female
- an almost unheard of circumstance during this
time period. |