North Country At Work

Hiram and Eugene Cole’s sugar house, with wood supply, near the Oswegatchie River in the Town of Diana,  NY. Note sled for skidding out sap with horses. Circa 1900.

Drying wooden sap buckets at Warren Humes’ sugar bush. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1910. Related story, here.

Forest Home sugar bush operation. Two sap-gathering wagons towed by teams of horses. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1910.

Myron Humes behind sled gathering sap for Forest Home sugar bush operation. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1910.

Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad train house at the Stella Mines, engines #2 and #3 pictured. When the trains were used by Stella Mines for freight transport, passenger service was not offered. Taken on April 11, 1902. De Kalb, NY.

Allen Wilson painting a fence, doing spring chores on the farm. Behind him are barrels on pivots. Circa 1890-1900. Hammond, NY.

Plowing the Savage farm with a walking plow on the River Road in the late 1940s. Behind the plow is John Savage; his son, Bill, is holding the horse. Photo: Michael Savage (Bill’s son). Hammond, NY.

Steve McCormick with six draft horses working the ground with spring-tooth harrow. Circa 1930s. Hammond, NY.  Originally taken by the Watertown Daily Times.

Unidentified man with hand drill making tap hole in maple tree. Circa 1930s. Watertown, NY.

Maple sugaring at 141 Flower Avenue. Unknown man gathering sap. Circa 1930s. Watertown, NY.