Lumber camp under snow near Colton
Lumber camp circa 1900, in the Colton, NY area. Related article on logging here.
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Logging camp residents near Colton
Logging camp, circa 1900. Colton area.Photo shows details of camp set up including hay supply for horses and grindstone for sharpening tools. Related article on logging here.
Men working on a log jam below Colton
Log jam just below Colton, NY on the Raquette River. Watching the log jams was a spectator sport, with residents coming out in their finery to watch the action. Circa 1900. Related article on logging here.
Stone Valley log jam near Colton
Sand eddy in Stone Valley log jam, circa 1900. Near Colton, NY. Related article on logging here.
Logging sleigh in Colton
Logging crew with sled load of logs, circa 1900. Near Colton, NY. Related article on logging here.
Logging camp loggers and families in Colton
Logging camp, circa 1900. Near Colton, NY. Related article on logging here.
Rounding up wood pulp on the Raquette near Hollywood hamlet
Rounding up pulp in the Raquette River in the area near what used to be the hamlet of Hollywood, prior to construction of Carry Falls dam and subsequent flooding of the area. Town of Colton, NY. Circa 1951.
Clearing the Raquette River in Hollywood Hamlet
Clearing the Raquette River area in what used to be the hamlet of Hollywood, prior to construction of Carry Falls dam and subsequent flooding of the hamlet. Man in center, squatting, is Gordon K. Watson. He was part owner of Ford & Watson, who cleared the area. Pulp loader (Ford tractor) in background, designed by […]