Who worked at the tannery?
We know that the tannery sometimes employed up to 60 people at a time. We have some accounts from local resources and old newspapers which tell us who worked at the tannery and their particular tasks, but the records of who worked at the tannery are incomplete because of a fire that destroyed the census records. We know that at one point that a man named John Scott was boss of operations and Charles Carter was the stable boss. Ike Harr and George Cole worked at the bark mill. Mr. L. Chase was in charge of making the tanning liquor. People who worked at the beam house included: Ellis Allen, John Jones, William Gill, Jacob Shirk, George Files, William Hess, and B. Burk. Those who worked at the drying shed and finishing the hides included: John Holick, John Fish, and George Lucas. Many people worked pitching hides from the railroad cars when they arrived. These people included: Frank Hess, Milt Downs, William Jackson, William and John Bagley, Willard Kyler, Harry Young, Jacob and Charles
