Chesterfield
Walter & Sons Textile Factory
The Walter & Sons Textile Factory was the largest employer in the county. It was the first of the area's industries to go leaving nearly 200 people jobless. You remember when it happened; everybody was talking about it and several of your friend's families ended up moving to the city. You didn't realize it at the time, but that factory closing was what started it all—the squeeze to find jobs, people leaving the county. It's like dominoes—one goes down and the rest keep falling.