North Country At Work

COVID-19 mask selfie of underground electrician Joseph Hunter at the 2,500 level shop in the Empire State Mines. Balmat, NY. 2020. Photo submitted by Joseph Hunter.

Caption on photo reads: Fisher Hill Mine 500 H.P. Nordbery Man and Material Hoist. Inside the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.

Doctor Stuart Nelson sitting at his desk in his office on Main Street in Old Forge. Doctor Nelson was an area doctor who delivered over 500 babies. Circa 1930s. Old Forge, NY. Developed by Fynmore Photos in Boonville, NY.

Heidi Fortsch’s yarn business, Brown Dog Fiber Arts Studio, is her  passion. In 2018, she turned about 500 pounds of raw fiber into about 350 pounds of yarn, all from her 600 square foot apartment in Chazy. It all started back in 2012, when Heidi, a knitter of some years, became dissatisfied with the yarn […]

Barmen and patrons in the bar of the Grand Union Hotel, built in 1893 by Michael Gleason. According to the Carthage Republican Tribune, in 1905, owners Melvin and Laura Quinn were arraigned for selling liquor on Sunday.  They pleaded not guilty to the charges and bail was fixed at $500 apiece. Photo circa 1910-1920. Carthage, […]

Interior of the A&B Powerhouse of the Republic Steel Mine Corporation. Water is flowing through turbines at 2,500 cubic feet per second. Generator is run by a synchronous motor. The water moves the turbine shaft which moves a belt attached to the dynamo (a coil of wires inside a ring of magnets in the generator […]