Fields of Green

Tobacco Fields in Pittsylvania County

What would Danville be without tobacco? Probably not much but a small town on a river. For that matter, what would most of the colonial United States be without this famous cash crop? British Colonial America was partially rocketed into wealth through the export of the narcotic plant to Europe. Here, in the heart of Southern Virginia and North Carolina, you will find thousands upon thousands of tobacco fields. Tobacco isn't what it used to be but it's still a big business around here...and an important part of our history.

Something I just realized recently: most of the names of cigarette brands (Winston, Salem, Marlboro, etc.) are just names of towns in this area of the country.