North Country At Work

Teamster with single horse hitch in front of Geo. W. Hobb’s Jewelry Store in downtown Dexter. Large sign advertises The Hub 5 and 10 cent store. Circa 1900-1910. Dexter, NY.

Teamster hauling feedbags through downtown Dexter. Circa 1900. Dexter, NY.

Steel-wheeled tractor pulling hay wagon with hay loader attached to rear, harvesting loose hay. Circa early 1900s. In Dexter

Farmers loading loose hay with a horse drawn hay loader, early 1900s. Note windrows: hay in foreground raked into rows to prepare it for pick up by loader. Dexter, NY.

Garland Stone with his father’s team drawing dump wagon. The bottom of a dump wagon opened up to deposit load between the wheels. Circa 1922. Dexter, NY.

Donald and “Doll” (the horses) drawing milk cans to a Philadelphia cheese factory, driven by unidentified man. 1930. Philadelphia, NY.   Check out our series on the changes in dairy transportation here.

Panorama of downtown Heuvelton, featuring the train tracks at the top of State Street. Circa 1910. Heuvelton, NY.

George Haydon’s Flour, Feed and Grocery Store on State Street which later became the site of a gas station. Pony cart and horse drawn delivery wagon out front, which bears the title “Pleasant View Farm, Sanitary Milk.” Circa 1890s. Heuvelton, NY.

Exterior shot of Pickens Hall during Heuvelton’s Turkey Day. Pickens Hall was built in 1858 by John Pickens, Sr. The stone came from the Ridge Hill Quarry, located between Heuvelton and Ogdensburg. 1898. Heuvelton, NY. Listen to the audio clip for more on Turkey Day; you can read the North Country at Work story with […]

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