North Country At Work

Camp Nurse June McKenney gives a health and safety orientation to the staff of Northern Frontier, a Christian Service Brigade camp. Circa 1980s. North River, NY.

June McKenney (right) with a camper at Northern Frontier, a Christian Service Brigade camp. They stand in front of the Health Hut, which June ran as the camp nurse. Circa 1980s. North River, NY.

Hauling logs with a Ford tractor at the Paddock farm. August 1952. Hammond, NY.

The homestead of Scottish settler Peter Allen. An early wooden towered windmill is on the left. Wind power was used to pump water. Circa 1880-1890 Hammond, NY.

Ed Buchanan and his team of Percheron horses. He has a hay fork in hand and a pulley for using ropes to unload loose hay, on the Cuthbert family farm. July 1942. Hammond, NY.

Stewart Cuthbert, washing the bulk tank (he had to do every other day). August 1970. Hammond, NY.

Farm worker Bill Godwin (right, on tractor) and Mark McGregor (left) hauling bales of hay with a John Deere tractor on the McGregor farm. July 1957. Hammond, NY.

Exterior of Dunlop’s Store and Post Office. Note the hammock on the second story porch. 1905-1920. Stony Creek, NY. Photo courtesy of Adirondack Experience: the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. Check out this story on mail delivery in the Adirondacks.

Catherine “Cat” Bennett (left) with St. Lawrence University students who are volunteering at her farm. Cat runs Milkweed Tussock Tubers, a potato farm that focuses on environmentally friendly farming. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. 2017. De Peyster, NY. Check out our story on Cat and her farm.

Catherine “Cat” Bennett talks to a St. Lawrence University student volunteering at Milkweed Tussock Tubers, an heirloom and fingerling potato farm Cat runs in De Peyster. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. 2017. De Peyster, NY. Check out our story on Cat and her farm.