North Country At Work

Log drivers, circa 1900, Colton, NY. Related article on logging here.

Log Jam in the Town of Parishville, NY, on the Raquette River at the hamlet of Blake, around the turn of the century. Related logging story here.

Logging truck in Colton, NY. A real change from the horse-drawn bob sleds used just ten and twenty years beforehand. 1920s. Related story on early logging here.

Cooking a meal during the long spring log drive at Blake Camp (a logging camp) located in Parishville, NY, circa 1900. Related article on logging here.

Log jam in the Stone Valley area, circa 1900. Colton, NY area. Related article on logging here.

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.

Sand eddy in Stone Valley log jam, circa 1900. Near Colton, NY. Related article on logging here.

Logging camp, circa 1900. Near Colton, NY. Related article on logging here.

Maple sugaring outfit run by George Seaver and Morris “Buzzy” Hawley with borrowed horse. Pictured are the boys, the horse, their sugaring off pan, and a milk can full of sap. One spring the boys decided to try and make maple syrup to sell, so they went around town asking to tap people’s trees. They […]

Riverside Drive under construction in 1924. Early Northwest track hoe in operation. Colton, NY.