»"In the vicinity of Upper Jay the lumber business was killed as early as L820 by the girdling of all 

 the trees to facilitate the clearing of the land." (Hist. r>>e\ Co . by H. P. Smith, 1885. Syracuse: 

 D. Mason & Co.) 



'The French troops, while engaged in the construction of Fort Carillon, built a sawmill at the 

 outlet of Trout Brook, but it was destroyed soon after. 



«A grist and saw mill combined. Robert Livingston, in a letter writte in 1712, says: "A little mill 

 atCatskill grind-- so coarse it can not be bolted." 



