North Country At Work

A load of loose hay being pulled by a team of horses. Circa 1920-1930. Town of De Kalb, NY. Donated by Pat Bacon.

The last load of hay for the season on the Elsey Farm on the Jeffers Road.  The woman is driving a tractor and on the wagon are examples of the first small round bales of hay. Summer of 1953. Town of De Kalb, NY. Donated by Pat Bacon.

Bringing in loose hay on the Bacon Farm on East De Kalb Road with a team of horses, Sanford Bacon is on the left. 1948. Town of De Kalb, NY. Donated by Pat Bacon.

A man with his ginseng plants, cultivated under a roof designed to provide shade—ginseng is found in wooded areas in the wild. Circa 1900-1910. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photo taken by Myrtle Penny Rice, donated by Naomi Rice.

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.

Adeline Hurlbut Thompson feeding chickens. 1920. Town of De Kalb, NY.

Dolph Fluno and one of the Merithew boys getting ready to do some haying on the Maple Ridge Road. 1920. Town of DeKalb, NY.

Workers pose before threshing grain on the Ira Poor farm on Childs Road. Circa 1890s-1900s. 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.

Finley’s Tourist Home, one of many early motels that appeared with the advent of automobiles, where people would stop on road trips to spend the night. (Later, this building became the general store in Old DeKalb.) July 4, 1927. Old De Kalb, NY. Virgil Stowell photograph.