North Country At Work

Sowing grain using a four horse hitch on a grain drill. (Note photographer’s shadow in lower left corner.) Circa 1900-1910. Town of De Kalb, NY. Donated by Pat Bacon.

Threshing Grain on the Elsey Farm. 1962. Town of De Kalb, NY. Donated by Pat Bacon.

Four highway department workers with a steam drill. Circa 1900-1910. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photo taken by Myrtle Penny Rice, donated by Naomi Rice.

Two men building a wooden silo. Circa 1900-1910. Town of De Kalb, NY.

George Lamica, Clint Thompson, Wally Hurlbut climbing the Osbornville Geological Survey Tower off Rock Island Road. 1942. Town of DeKalb, NY.

George Glidden and his wife pose in front of their Kendrew Corners Gas Station. Circa 1930. Town of De Kalb, NY.

A three-horse hitch pulling a grain binder to harvest oats on the Stowell Farm on Hitchcock Road. Circa 1930s. Town of De Kalb, NY.

Two workers snowplowing after a big storm. 1946. Town of De Kalb, NY.

Agway store, originally a freight depot, in front of the railroad tracks. On the right a railroad crane unloads new railroad ties for building tracks. Circa 1980s-1990s. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Floyd Powell stands in the Powell Feed Mill. The chute above his head was used for filling bags of grain, and the Fairbanks Scale on the left is designed specifically for weighing grain. Today the Powell Feed Mill is the commission sales barn in De Kalb Junction. Circa 1920s-1930s. De Kalb Junction, NY.