North Country At Work

Carol Tetreault runs Adirondack Tack in Plattsburgh.  She carries horse supplies for local owners and 4-H kids, Western clothing popular with square dancers, and more. She opened the business in 2000.

A man atop a bob sled pulled by a team of horses, used for carrying lumber, logs and other materials. Circa 1910. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

A horse-drawn bob sled carrying a load of logs. Circa Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Four men pose with beaver hides inside a hide processing shop. Circa 1900 – 1910. Elizabethtown, NY.

Taxidermist removing antlers and mounting heads in his shop. To his right is a vice for holding work. On the floor at right are a stuffed raccoon and fox. Circa 1920s. Adirondacks, NYS.

Men working beaver hides inside a shop. They are working the fur side to make the pelts supple. Circa 1910 – 1920. Elizabethtown, NY.

Musher Spencer Thew using an all-terrain vehicle to help train his sled dogs. August 1992. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of the Colton Library.

The State Police Tupper Lake Troopers with Sgt. Dale P. Robar. The K-9 unit was later used during 9/11 in New York City. 1970-1980. Photo courtesy of the Colton Library.

Man viewing the cows in the upper pasture behind the farmhouse of the Thompson farm. Mid -1960s. Lisbon, NY. Photo courtesy of Bob Thompson.

A horse-drawn wagon belonging to the Rochester Clothing Company passing a small cart pulled by a donkey also owned by the Rochester Clothing company. Circa 1900. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.