North Country At Work

Men posing with their horsedrawn wagons and automobiles outside Texaco Station. Circa 1918. Somewhere in Clinton County. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

A line truck belonging to Mountain Home Telephone Co. Men are posed in the driver and passenger seats, one standing alongside the truck and a group of men sitting on top of the trailer of poles being pulled by the truck. Mountain Home Telephone Co. came into being in 1893. It became the New York Telephone […]

Line truck belonging to Mountain Home Telephone Co. A man is posed in the driver’s seat while three other men erect a large telephone pole behind the truck on the side of a road. Mountain Home Telephone Co. came into being in 1893 and became the New York Telephone Company in the 1930s.  The company served […]

Line truck belonging to Mountain Home Telephone Company with men posed in driver’s seat and standing alongside of the vehicle. Mountain Home Telephone Co. came into being in 1893. It became the New York Telephone Company in the 1930s.  The company served St. Lawrence, Franklin and Clinton Counties. Circa 1920s. Probably in Clinton County. Courtesy […]

Moving crashed Sysco truck using a John Deere tractor on Tupper Lake Road. 2000s. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Dexter volunteer fire department battles a fire. Note the primitive fire truck depraving water. Late 1800s. Dexter, NY. Courtesy of the Dexter Historical Society. Check out our story on the formation of Dexter’s volunteer fire department.

Bill Hull in front of his milk truck at his grandparent’s farm in Lisbon in 1986. He drove milk trucks on and off four around 20 years starting in 1981. 1986. Lisbon, NY. Courtesy of Bill Hull. For a look into the daily life of a milk truck driver, check out our story on Bill here.

Dan Josephson on a trout stocking truck. Dan is a fishery biologist who has been working to counteract the effects of acid rain in the Adirondacks for almost 40 years. September 2012. Old Forge, NY. Courtesy of Dan Josephson. For more on Dan and his conservation work, check out this North Country at Work story.

Potsdam Electric Light & Power Company service truck No. 1. In 1913, this Model T Ford service truck was one of three vehicles operating out of Potsdam for the Hannawa Falls Electric Light and Power Co. Arthur Cassada, a Clarkson Graduate and electrician, was the truck’s first driver. The vehicle’s service to the company was […]

A cement truck drives through the construction site of McBrier Park Manor, a senior citizen housing complex. April 15, 1992. Hermon, NY.