North Country At Work

Workers sitting on a bridge at the Beach and Dodge Tannery. Built 1859 and operated until June 28, 1902. Harrisville, NY.

The Beach and Dodge Tannery in Harrisville, built in 1859 and operated until June 28, 1902. Harrisville, NY.

Cows are going into the barn for the night (and possibly for evening milking). The Sherwood-Bullard house is adjacent to the barn. This was the home of the Jerden Falls tannery owners, and was later owned by the Chartrand family. Town of Diana, NY. Circa 1900.

Haying at Forest Home. Burton Humes with rake, Merton Mantle on load, Kendrick Shaw with pitchfork, Harlan Whipple with hand on horse, Lyman Humes in front of horse. Haying was done by hand. Piles of hay are called “haycocks.” Harrisville, NY. Circa 1920. Related story, here.

L.D. Raymond at the tunnel camp foreman’s office, headquarters for the logging operation. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1890.

The crib tunnel dam, a temporarily dam built when logs were being driven on the river. Dam would be closed so the water backed up behind it. When there was enough water and logs built up behind it, the dam was released to allow logs to float downstream to the mills. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1900.

William E. Humes (standing) and George Martin (sitting) sharpening blade for hand-scythe on a hand-operated wetstone. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1900 (date not known for certain).

Pleasant View Hotel with hotel employees and possibly guests. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1900.

Interior of old post office. Florence Livingston is pictured on the left. Hammond, NY. September 1922. Hammond, NY.

Grain thresher running in barn, powered by a three-horse power treadmill. Workers pictured next to the treadmill. Note the canopy on the treadmill to keep sun off horses. Circa 1890.  Hammond, NY.