Historic Alabama: Raising the Roof

The Skyline Farms project

Workers at a sawmill prep wood for new houses being built at Skyline Farms in September 1935. The Skyline Farms project, established by the federal government in Jackson County in 1934, was a cooperative farming experiment, according to the Encyclopedia of Alabama. Skyline was one of 43 projects developed in various parts of the U.S. Photo by Arthur Rothstein, courtesy Library of Congress.

This article appears in the November 2025 issue of Business Alabama.

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