Little known facts about the Lincoln County Museum:

• The idea for a museum originated in 1985 by the Lincoln County Home Demonstration clubs.
• The first $1000 was raised from the sale of t-shirts at the Lincoln County Fair.
• The projects greatest boost came with the donation of the old Borden Plant by Mr. and Mrs. William R Carter.
• Later, a great deal of volunteer work, local contributions, and government grants brought the museum up to its present state of excellence..
• The Borden Plant came to Fayetteville in 1927 and built a plant to receive milk from the farmers of Lincoln, Marshall, Bedford, Maury, and Giles counties.
• This was one of the first major industries to come south of the Mason-Dixon Line after the civil war.
• The plant was originally a butter plant with the left over skimmed milk being dried and later developed into cottage cheese.
• The Borden Plant provided some much needed cash flow for the destitute farmers after WWI and into the Great Depression.
• In WWII, the Borden Plant used their drying facilities to produce dried eggs and dried milk to be shipped overseas for the troops engaged in the European and Pacific war zones.
• Borden closed the plant in 1967.
• The plant contains 33,000 square feet of space, most of which is occupied by significant historical exhibits.