[1][failed verification] Ithaca became famous for building firearms based on expired patents owned by Remington Arms.

Baker Company, which manufactured double- and triple-barreled shotguns, from Center Lisle, New York to Syracuse.

[10] The original factory was located in the Fall Creek neighborhood of the city, on a slope later known as Gun Hill, where the nearby waterfall supplied the main source of energy for the plant.

In later years, the company came under criticism regarding environmental pollution of Fall Creek, especially by lead, which led to a Superfund remediation effort.

Various plans to demolish the derelict plant and to redevelop the land failed over the years due to the cost of remediation and community objection to construction proposals.

General Recreation encountered financial problems in the late 1970s, selling off all its subsidiaries except Ithaca Gun.

Unable to secure state or local financing assistance with the startup conversion, the Marshalls were forced to sell the company.

[18] Dave Dlubak purchased the company in June, 2007, and it continues to operate in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.