COUNTY MARKERS

 

LACKAWANNA COUNTY

 

Jay Gould

The first business venture of the noted speculator and railroad manipulator was in this village, and then called Gouldsboro. Here, 1856-61, he owned a large tannery with Zaddock Pratt. The tannery profits became the basis of his fortune.
Location:  River & Locust Ridge Roads, Thornhurst