Man rolling a log onto a stack of logs using a peavey. Behind him are horses that skid the logs out of the forest. Circa 1950s. In the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb.
Man skidding logs with a horse, for Clarence J. Strife’s logging operation. Circa 1950s. In the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb.
Willie Hall driving a Caterpillar D4 bulldozer for a logging operation owned by Clarence J. Strife. The work was being done in the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb. Circa 1950s.
Clarence J. Strife’s logging operation working in the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb. Circa 1950.
Sawmill circa 1890-1895. Pictured are railroad tracks, two buildings with smokestacks from steam engines, and stacks of logs and lumber. Beaver River, NY.
Loggers with peaveys move logs—which they are riding–into the flume to pass by the Old Forge Dam. 1919. Old Forge, NY.
A group of men watch as loggers help guide logs into the flume over the Old Forge Dam in 1919. Old Forge, NY.
A man prepares to move logs using a Model A Ford truck equipped with an early winch, which is hooked to a wooden bobsled piled with logs. Circa 1930s. Town of Webb, NY.
Man driving team of horses with bobsled piled with cut logs during winter. Circa 1910-1920. Town of Webb, NY.
Loggers at work during the spring drive, trying to move jammed logs with peaveys. Circa 1920. Town of Webb, NY. Click here for a North Country at Work story on Webb’s transformation from logging town to winter wonderland.
