Warren Allen checking sap tubing in the woods of the Allen sugarbush. Croghan, NY. Circa 1990. Donated by Warren and Eleanor Allen. The Allens moved from New York City to the Croghan area in 1975, to make maple syrup. They sold their own syrup, and their neighbors’ syrup, in New York City for years.
Washing buckets at the end of the maple sugaring season on the Allen sugarbush. Croghan, NY. Circa 1990. Donated by Warren and Eleanor Allen. The Allens moved from New York City to the Croghan area in 1975, to make maple syrup. They sold their own syrup, and their neighbors’ syrup, in New York City for […]
Colleen Smith behind the bar in the Adirondack Hotel tap room. Long Lake. Spring of 2019. Photo taken by Andy Flynn. Listen and read Colleen’s full story here.
Lumberjack Philip Jackson operating a 1978 John Deere 440C skidder. In the foreground is Jack Pulsifer. The skidder is on top of a pile of large, soft maple logs cut close to the Boquet River. Spring 2016. Elizabethtown, NY. Courtesy of Philip N. Jackson IV. Jackson says he’s been logging for about 66 years. Listen […]
Owners Ruth and Joe McWilliams with the repainted and updated Catamount Lodge sign after property purchase closing. May 2005. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Ruth McWilliams.
Joe and Ruth McWilliams leading a Woods Walk for private land owners and others in the Catamount area. April 2007. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Ruth McWilliams.
Town of Fine personnel moving the Wanakena Town dock back into the Oswegatchie River after a winter ice jam moved it to the center of Front Street. Spring 2013. Wanakena, NY. Photo courtesy of Allen Ditch.
Frederick J. Roderick posing with one of the trucks for his moving and storage company, F.J. Roderick & Son. Spring 1944. Carthage, NY. Courtesy of Richard Roderick
The Farrell crusher, a piece of heavy mining equipment, being transported over a corduroy road (perhaps during springtime). The corduroy road was a common (temporary) transportation solution—built from small logs laid in parallel rows on top of soft ground. The sledge on which the crusher sits would be pulled along the corduroy road by a […]
Men driving logs down the river. Circa 1900-1910. Hope, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office. Betsy Earley’s grandfather, Fred Dunn, worked at a logging camp in Wells. She remembers finding a photo of him one day when going through the new Wells Museum. Listen to her story here.
