Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Hides, Hemlocks, and Adirondack History: How the Tanning Industry Influenced the Region's Growth

Hides, Hemlocks, and Adirondack History: How the Tanning Industry Influenced the Region's Growth
Hides Hemlocks and Adirondack History How the Tanning Industry Influenced the Region's Growth
Author: Barbara McMartin
The story of how Adirondack forests lured investments from financial centers; how roads pushed deep into the wilderness; how tanneries were built in remote places and how towns sprang up around them; how hides were shipped to canal ports in Warrensburg or along the Erie Canal and how teamsters drove great distances to reach the tanneries. A larg...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780932052995
ISBN-10: 0932052991
Pages: 332
Rating:
  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: North Country Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review


Genres: