North Country At Work

Stagecoach in front of Brooks Hotel. Circa 1880s-1890s. Lake Pleasant, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Overloaded stagecoach in front of the Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George. Stage of E. Putman and Co. traveling the Glens Falls, Lake George, and Chestertown Route. Photograph by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Circa 1878. Lake George, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Men ferry a horse-drawn wagon across Cedar River on a log raft. Two men on the left are holding to the rope to guide the ferry across. 1890. Indian Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Miners load gravel onto railcars with steam shovel. Caption reads “the little shovel, loading gravel, B.C. Dam, Hinckley, N.Y.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. 1910. Hinckley, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Man with headlamp rides in a transport car into an Essex County mine. From the Patrick Farrell Mining Photograph Collection. Circa 1960. Essex County, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Having a snack while haying on the Walker estate. Circa 1900. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Farmer driving horse drawn wagon. Circa 1900-1910. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Blue Mountain Lake stage coach called Turner’s Tavern in the Adirondacks. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Two men and a girl haul stones with a team of horses. The girl holds the reins of the team of horses.1910-1920. Hammond, NY.

Allen and Malcolm McGregor hauling a load of loose hay with a team of horses on the McGregor farm. 1948. Hammond, NY. Photo donated by Jennifer McGregor.