Caption by SLCHA Archive: This picture shows one of two generators being hauled from the station at Oswegatchie to the first power house at Brown’s Falls. The road was either sand or mud. The generator was inched along by eight strong horses, and the trip took about three days. Teamsters walk alongside the horses to […]
A horse drawn bobsled of large logs marked with chalk. Three men stand on the logs, which were destined for the Woodcock sawmill. 5781 board feet. Circa 1900. Edwards, NY.
Ore being drawn from the mine to the railroad. Driving the first team of horses is Claude Hance. Story attached to photo at the SLCHA Archives: Robert McFerran brought the horses a chocolate each morning on the first trip down and the horses would stop and refuse to go past the store until they had […]
Men and horses in front of the Henry Jones General Blacksmith and Machine Shop. Circa 1900. Richville, NY.
Three horses, three men, and a woman stand outside the South Colton Hotel, which was owned and operated by Michael Barnett. Circa 1910. Colton, NY. Photo provided to the St. Lawrence County Historical Association by the Colton Historian’s office.
Two men and a horse in front of the Moore Blacksmith Shop. Both men are wearing blacksmithing aprons. Circa 1900. Colton, NY.
Exterior of a sawmill in Newton Falls. Pictured in the yard are wagon hitches, horses, stumps of cut trees. On the left is the entrance to the sawmill and milled lumber. Circa 1890. Newton Falls, NY. Photo by Dwight Seog.
Lumber camp filled with loggers and horses in the Clare township. Circa 1900. Clare, NY.
Almeron Judd (front) and Frank Judd (rear) mowing on the Wallace farm, which operated 1910-1941. Photo taken circa 1910s. Canton, NY.
Reaping grain using a grain binder on the Wallace farm. Frank Judd is in foreground stooking (upright bundling) oats. Circa 1910s. Canton, NY.
