Leavitt Hallock became a merchant and a manufacturer in the early 1800’s. Plainfield Pond (North Pond) drains northerly into Hawley, and the outflowing brook runs down through a narrow gorge, a prime place for dams and ponds and waterpower. Leavitt bought this property and on it he built a mill and tannery that employed many people. There were several dwelling houses, a boarding house, a store, tailor shop, a blacksmith shop and barns.   During the 1840 presidential campaign, a long wagon drawn by 13 pairs of oxen and with 49 passengers came over to Plainfield to join in the political activities there. The works burned in a tremendous fire, and while the main buildings were rebuilt, it was not run again. Later Leavitt Hallock moved to Amherst to be a success in real estate in fact there is a street there named for him.

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