The tanning of leather continued for many years to be a local industry. William Gordon who came to the Sparta region in 1820, worked at the tanner’s trade. Robert Pollack also had a tannery nearby. Two fair-sized tanneries in one locality would seem to indicate a rather extensive cattle growing industry.
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