Prattsville (town), New York
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Prattsville is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The town is in the northwestern part of the county. As of the 2020 census, the population was 774.
An 1844 lithograph of the town
Zadock Pratt is credited with raising the town to prominence in the 1800s, and the town was subsequently named after him.
Tanning (leather)
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Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather. A tannery is the place where the skins are processed.
Prattsville (town), New York
…town was lost to form the town of Ashland in 1848. Prattsville was later named after Zadock Pratt, a congressman and prominent citizen. Pratt built a tannery larger than any other in the world at the time, helping it become a major town in upstate New York. His life is depicted through a series of stone…
Tanned leather
Tanning, 1880
Tanner, Nuremberg, 1609
Peeling hemlock bark for the tannery in Prattsville, New York, during the 1840s, when it was the largest in the world