The North Country School’s Barn Manager Erica Burns with Clover, one of the school’s horses. Lake Placid, NY. March 2021. Photo by Andy Flynn. Burns has been the barn manager at the North Country School for over three years. Check out her North Country at Work story here.
Men logging with horse teams. Akwesasne. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.
Carl Tracy trucking a team of horses with his son Warren Tracy. West Stockholm, NY. Circa 1930s. Carl Tracy was a farmer, but ran a trucking business as well to make ends meet. The truck pictured here was Carl’s third truck, an International. Photo donated by Darren Tracy, Carl’s grandson
Man driving a horse drawn meat and grocery wagon. 803 Cooper Street in Watertown, NY. Circa 1890. Donated by Thomas LaClair.
Using a horse to drag ice blocks up a chute into the ice house at the Buster Crab camp in Onchiota (previously the Adirondack Florida School). Onchiota, NY. Circa 1940 to 1950. Photo donated by Jill McKenty.
Stagecoach loaded with guests on the road to Saranac Inn on Upper Saranac Lake. Circa 1890s. Saranac Lake, NY.
A man drives a horse-drawn Acme Bakery delivery wagon. Circa 1890s. Brownville, NY.
Men use a horse-drawn saw to cut ice on an unidentified lake in the Adirondacks. Note large icehouses in background with conveyors for lifting ice blocks. Circa 1900.
A man poses in front of an Ossco Farm Dairy horse-drawn delivery wagon, which delivered milk and cream to homes and restaurants in the area. Circa 1900-1910. Tupper Lake, NY.
A high-end, horse-drawn private carriage with an unidentified driver at Murray’s Palace Livery. Circa 1890s. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.
