North Country At Work

Sam Glover pictured at Lumber Camp III, called the Mutt and Jeff Lumber Co. Circa 1910- 1920. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

A man and a woman at a sugar camp. Circa 1900. Keene Valley, NY. Donated by Paul Tyron. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

Four men pose with two horses, crosscut saws and ax. Note the crosscut saw the man second from the right is holding. Circa 1920. Keene Valley, NY. Donated by Paul Tyron. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

An unidentified maple sugar camp – possibly the Sanders Camp. Early 1900s. Keene Valley, NY. Donated by Zaidee Trumbull. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

A group at a camp. Charlie Beede, the guide, is on the left. Circa 1910. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

Tents for the soldiers encampment during the fire of 1913. On Chapel Pond Road. 1913. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

U.S. Army soldiers encampment during the fire of 1913. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

In front of the Headquarters Dam, a lumber camp and boarding house location. Pictured is John Mitchell with a load of lumber destined for Little Moose. Circa 1930s-1950s. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Rogers Camps at Oxbow Lake. Later it was an inn, today the Oxbow Inn. Circa 1921. Located between Lake Pleasant and Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The Civilian Conservation Corps’ mess kitchen and tent. The CCC was a work relief program under the New Deal – men were given work and a place to live. Circa 1930s, during the Depression. Arietta, NY. Photo donated by Martin Podskoch. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.