Download or read book Midlothian written by Karen Kay Esberger and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before becoming an incorporated town in 1888, Midlothian was a farming community. Once the railroads arrived in 1882 and 1886, cotton production became an essential crop for the area. In the 1960s, cement production developed into the key industry because of the natural limestone chalk and shale formation in the area.