North Country At Work

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.

Railroad employees at the Heuvelton Railroad Station on the train depot platform. Left to right from back of photo: Harley Conklin (telegraph operator), Robert Woodside, maybe William Putnam, Mr. Ellsworth (boss man). Circa 1900. Heuvelton, NY.

Thomas Harmer parked in front of the Heuvelton Post Office. In 1911, he was the oldest stage driver in the United States with 285,000 miles to his credit. He spent 40 years driving one route, from Heuvelton to Macomb and back again. Photo from a postcard postmarked 1911. Heuvelton, NY.

Heuvelton Bridge renovation, circa 2010. Heuvelton, NY. Photo taken by Betsy Hebert.

Mrs. Carlton Patterson polishing obsidian. She was a lapidariast. From the Ogdensburg Journal’s Leisure Time Advance News insert from September 10, 1972. Heuvelton, NY.

Baker Rollande Henry, nickname “Sarge,” piping frosting onto a cake. By 1978 she had been making cakes for 25 years. Rollande moved to the US from Hull in Quebec in 1928. From the Ogdensburg Journal’s Leisure Time Advance News insert from July 1978. Heuvelton, NY.

Anne Vineyard milking a cow on Horseshoe Road outside of Heuvelton. She converted her 40-head herd to a three times a day milking schedule in the 1970s. Originally published in an Ogdensburg Journal insert called Rural News, published July 8, 1975. Heuvelton, NY.

Ogdensburg downtown urban renewal, tearing down the 100 block of Ford St. Circa 1967-68. Ogdensburg, NY.

Ogdensburg downtown urban renewal in progress. This project removed the oldest downtown in St. Lawrence County. The view is from Isabella Street. Circa 1967-68. Ogdensburg, NY.

Construction of Heuvelton’s first concrete bridge using wooden forms, replacing a steel truss bridge over Oswegatchie River. 1916. Heuvelton, NY.