Tanning
Tanning is the ancient craft of transforming animal skins into durable leather.
It was widely practiced in the southern mountains. . .
Tanning is the ancient craft of transforming animal skins into durable leather.
It was widely practiced in the southern mountains. . .
Industrial logging came to Appalachia with the railroad in the late 19th century. As timber supplies in the Northeast and the Great Lakes regions dwindled, National Lumber Corporation shifted to the vast hardwood forests of the Southern mountains.