John Sutherland came from Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York with a claim for the land along Otter Creek near the falls known as Great Falls sometime before 1767. John was one of the first [European settler-colonists] to settle in the area which became known as Sutherland Falls. He built a grist mill, and later, a saw mill at the falls whose name became Sutherland Falls.
The story recounted in "Proctor, the Story of a Marble Town" by David C Gale says John was never fully accepted in the area because of his New York origins. Still he became very successful with his lumber mill. His son Peter Sutherland sold the rights by 1818 to Solomon Gill of Rutland for $8.00. No one knew about the great marble reserves.
Twenty years later quarrying began, in 1837. In 1854 the marble works officially became the Sutherland Falls Marble company.
The story recounted in "Proctor, the Story of a Marble Town" by David C Gale says John was never fully accepted in the area because of his New York origins. Still he became very successful with his lumber mill. His son Peter Sutherland sold the rights by 1818 to Solomon Gill of Rutland for $8.00. No one knew about the great marble reserves.
Twenty years later quarrying began, in 1837. In 1854 the marble works officially became the Sutherland Falls Marble company.
John Sutherland came from Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York with a claim for the land along Otter Creek near the falls known as Great Falls sometime before 1767. John was one of the first [European settler-colonists] to settle in the area which became known as Sutherland Falls. He built a grist mill, and later, a saw mill at the falls whose name became Sutherland Falls.
The story recounted in "Proctor, the Story of a Marble Town" by David C Gale says John was never fully accepted in the area because of his New York origins. Still he became very successful with his lumber mill. His son Peter Sutherland sold the rights by 1818 to Solomon Gill of Rutland for $8.00. No one knew about the great marble reserves.
Twenty years later quarrying began, in 1837. In 1854 the marble works officially became the Sutherland Falls Marble company.
The story recounted in "Proctor, the Story of a Marble Town" by David C Gale says John was never fully accepted in the area because of his New York origins. Still he became very successful with his lumber mill. His son Peter Sutherland sold the rights by 1818 to Solomon Gill of Rutland for $8.00. No one knew about the great marble reserves.
Twenty years later quarrying began, in 1837. In 1854 the marble works officially became the Sutherland Falls Marble company.
