North Country At Work

Four hitch log wagon delivering logs to a sawmill in Hammond, NY. Circa 1910.

Drawing stones to build the Presbyterian Church. Charles Dunham on wagon, Frank Dunham on left. In the South Hammond quarries. Circa 1916 or 17. South Hammond, NY.

Loading crushed stone from a stone quarry into wagons, to be used as a road base. 1920s. Hammond, NY.

Maple sugaring at 141 Flower Avenue. Unknown man gathering sap. Circa 1930s. Watertown, NY.

Horse drawn steam fire engine racing toward one of the West End paper mills in Carthage, NY. 1905. Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about how fire has shaped the history of Carthage.

Plattsburgh  military training camp. Unidentified soldiers pose with cannon. Summer 1918. Donated by the Sheldon family. Plattsburgh, NY.

Teamsters transporting burlap bags–possibly to Dexter flour and feed mill. Circa 1880s? Dexter, NY

Hackman Eugene G. Clark and baggage man Weston Gould with a load of trunks to be delivered to the New York Central Depot. Donated by Wallace B. Sloat, published in the Watertown Daily Times. Circa 1882. Dexter, NY.

Sulfite Mill after digester blew up in Dexter January 18, 1903. Donated by Laura Parsons in Dexter. Photographer: G.A. Prime of Dexter. 1903. Dexter, NY.

Wagon (with feed bags) in downtown Dexter, circa 1906. Dexter, NY.