downtown syracuse was not a particularly attractive place. it was kind of low and sloppy. a place that someone would normally pick to create a settlement. but the salt was a valuable commodity, and that is what really drew a lot of the initial settlement in this area. it was what generated the initial wealth. we now have people that have enough money to contribute to building a church. the people that are working in the salt industry, or the tavern. and so you get other things setting off in that industry economically. it was something that we refer to as the related industries. if you are producing at peak years eight or 9 million bushels of salt, that has to be pushed -- packed in something for shipment. they would need thousands of barrels made. there were a lot of barrel making false set up. barrele were a lot of making shots set up. over time it gave syracuse this really unique identity. sometimes it is hard to imagine why a whole industry would be built around manufacturing salt and why so much salt would be needed. people today tend to think well, i have a full figu