North Country At Work

Fred Baxter and Bert Crowe loading hay by hand onto a horse drawn wagon.  Circa 1900. Heuvelton, NY.

Unidentified men pouring a concrete foundation for a new train depot in Heuvelton, in the foreground. The first and original depot can be seen in the background. Circa 1915. Heuvelton, NY.

Three unidentified men and a child at a Heuvelton sawmill, circa 1890-1900. Heuvelton, NY.

Mr. and Mrs. John McKelvey in front of their pioneer-hewn log cabin with dovetail corners. Mrs. McKelvey is tending their chickens. Circa 1880s. Heuvelton, NY.

Fred Baxter, Bert Crowe, and William Henry Boyd putting corn into a silo using an elevator-type ensilage cutter, which is a machine that chops up green fodder for feed. Circa 1910. Heuvelton, NY.

N.F. Giffin’s Steam Grist Mill, which later became a butter factory, and later still a cheese plant. Circa 1880s. Heuvelton, NY.

Unidentified men pitching oats into a steam engine driven threshing machine to separate grain from the straw and chaff. Circa 1880s. Heuvelton, NY.

A ferry and commercial side wheeler steamboat which went between Heuvelton and Black Lake/Edwardsville, all the way to Rossie and occasionally Ogdensburg. The steamboat transported milk and people, stopping at numerous places along the river. Circa 1880s. Heuvelton, NY. Photo donated by Betty Steele of Ogdensburg.

Grist mill workers pictured from left to right: John Craword, Jr., Charles P. Anderson, Harlan Smithers, William Smith. The store was owned by George C. McFadden, who bought it in 1887 to establish a grist mill and feed store. The building was erected in 1853 at the northwest end of the bridge on State Street […]

Ogdensburg City Trolley Car #209, with motorman James R. McClure standing out front. The trolley ran between Ogdensburg and surrounding towns. Circa 1900. Ogdensburg, NY.