The Warner family owned much of the land that would become The Strip and were among the early residents who rented portions of their home to boarders. Reuben and Maria Baldwin Warner purchased 300 acres of the second tract of the Battel Tract and moved there in 1828, living in a log cabin for many years. Their son Nelson and his wife Laura stayed on the farm and in 1887 opened their four-room house to summer boarders. Another son, Charlie, and his wife Myrtle built a large home from lumber harvested on the Warner tract, and this home also served the tourist trade and became known as The Colonial, which still stands. The family was very active in the community: Charlie became the village's first mayor in 1928, and his son Howard Tye also served as mayor and was the county's first County Court judge.