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Show The Bolton-Lake 41 George Home raise most of the things that were necessary, and there was every where the forest where logs could be cut and hauled or floated to sawmills. In fact most of the livelihood came from the forest in one way or another." sums up the situation for the Tanner family. things they needed they produced or bartered for with their surplus. But it was from the forest that John Tanner made his wealth. There was always sale for timber, either logs or processed lumber. The Hudson River runs sixty-eight miles through Warren County, and in that distance there is a fall of 850 feet, assuring ample power to turn the mills of enterprising industry. There were, in addition, a number of swift running streams with sufficient water power to turn saw- and planing mills. The extent of John Tanner's sawing and milling plants is not known, nor where they were located, but from Nathan's account they must have been con siderable. Had he chosen he could have delivered his logs at one Brown pretty well Most of the or at the lake shore and floated them to market for others to process. That the Tanner enterprises were both considerable and effective from 1818 is shown by the fact that in a comparatively short time when he first came to Bolton, to 1832 when this book spot lights him he had risen to local prominence and was known as a suc cessful and wealthy man of the area. 11 of the streams - - The author has not taken the time to check out the various holdings of the John Tanner estate, but Nathan states that he had 2,200 acres of timberland which alone would be a valuable pos session. Whether his farms were situated in the timberland is dif ficult to determine. He also owned Green Island, adjacent to Bolton Landing, which at the time may not have been valuable but later became the resort island on which the famous Hotel Sagamore was built. Of this hotel, historian Brown writes: "Its guest list through the years has been a Who's Who of the World.?" It would be interesting to know how much the land appreciated in value while John Tanner owned it and the amount of the selling price. It would also be interesting to know what financial interest, if any, John's older children Elisha Bently, William Stewart, and had in the property and how he settled with them. Sidney - - Since the departure of the Tanners from the Bolton-Lake George in 1835, the economy of the country has gone through a series of changes. The chief resource of the country which has remained area |
