North Country At Work

Patrick John Henry McKenty visits the Triangle Lumber Company mill, where he worked in the 1960s and 70s. Onchiota, NY. September 22, 1996. Photo donated by Jill McKenty.

Two men moving lumber for the walkway of the Wanakena footbridge using a modified pontoon boat and a metal canoe. Fall 2016. Wanakena, NY. Photo courtesy of Allen Ditch.

Adding lumber to support the walkway of the footbridge using a modified pontoon boat. Fall 2016. Wanakena, NY. Photo courtesy of Allen Ditch.

Three workers stringing cable for the footbridge from the south shore to the north shore. According to Allen Ditch, the bridge was rebuilt with donations from the community and grants from the state and county. Fall 2016. Wanakena, NY. Photo courtesy of Allen Ditch.

Two unidentified workers string the cable for the footbridge from the south shore to the north shore. Fall 2016. Wanakena, NY. Photo courtesy of Allen Ditch.

Using machinery to set the towers that hold the cables for the Wanakena footbridge. Fall 2016. Wanakena, NY. Photo courtesy of Allen Ditch.

Men and children standing in front of the Coolidge and Bentley store on 118 Glen Street, which sold clothing and gentlemens’ furnishings. In the windows are signs for the “Grand Pumpkin Pie Carnival, Sept. 16th.” Piles of large pumpkins are in front of store windows. Next door is the M.B. Little Insurance Co. Fall 1882. Glens […]

Nancy Storer, the little girl, walking the pigs with her father on the Storer Farm. September 1939. Benson, NY. Photo donated by Nancy Storer. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Dan Josephson on a trout stocking truck. Dan is a fishery biologist who has been working to counteract the effects of acid rain in the Adirondacks for almost 40 years. September 2012. Old Forge, NY. Courtesy of Dan Josephson. For more on Dan and his conservation work, check out this North Country at Work story.

Kurt Jirka and Alex Gatch tending a trap net to monitor brook trout population in a lake. Fall 2016. Old Forge, NY. Courtesy of Dan Josephson. Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about conservation efforts in the Adirondacks.