North Country At Work

Logs on a skidway at Brandreth Lake. Two men and a horse in the background. Date unknown. Long Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Seven workers (three atop the logs, four on the ground) with a load of pulpwood around 20 feet high and 30 feet long. A single team of horses are hauling the load. Circa 1912. Unidentified location in the Adirondack Mountains. Courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Two men on top of the logs loaded on a bobsled, on the ice at the north end of Long Lake. One of the men is Asa Hall. Circa 1900. Long Lake, NY.

Loggers with teams of horses around the bunkhouse, stable and mess hall of a winter logging camp. Circa 1890. Unknown precise location in the Adirondack Mountains. Courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Having a snack while haying on the Walker estate. Circa 1900. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Farmer driving horse drawn wagon. Circa 1900-1910. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Blue Mountain Lake stage coach called Turner’s Tavern in the Adirondacks. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Mountain House/Home, after it was rebuilt when the original burned down. It was a hotel in the hamlet of Windfall run by J.W. MacAleese. Circa 1910-1920. Town of Clifton, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Clifton Museum. The year before Carol Opdyke’s sophomore year of college, she lived with family in Cranberry Lake and […]

William George Ormiston leading a horse on the Ormiston homestead. Circa 1910-1915. Hammond, NY.

Two men and a girl haul stones with a team of horses. The girl holds the reins of the team of horses.1910-1920. Hammond, NY.