1792: 'Intrepid' family travels 170 miles to harvest area's 'white gold'
1792: ‘Intrepid’ family travels 170 miles to harvest area’s ‘white gold’ Updated Mar 02, 2021; Posted Mar 02, 2021 - Painting by George Kasson Knapp, 1904. This depicts the fathers of the area’s salt industry Ephraim Webster, Comfort Tyler, and Asa Danforth (from left to right). They were the first white men to settle in Salt Point, in 1788. Courtesy of the Onondaga Historical AssociationCourtesy of the Onondaga Histori Facebook Share By Robert Searing | Curator of History at Onondaga Historical Association Two Hundred Twenty-Nine Years Ago: On the afternoon of March 2, 1792, ...
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