North Country At Work

Four loggers roll logs onto a bobsled during winter. Circa 1900-1915. Canton, NY.

Man stands next to the first snow plow used on the Ogdensburg-Canton Road, which was a Fordson tractor rigged for plowing. Note chains on back tires. Circa 1923 to 1924. Canton, NY.

Mail carrier David O’Brien in his sleigh in downtown Canton. Note that he’s wearing a fur coat. 1910. Canton, NY. Click here for a North Country at Work story on early mail carriers in the Adirondacks.

Man drives horse pulling the village plow on Chapel Street. Circa 1910. Canton, NY.

An early form of snowplowing in downtown Canton. Caption included with photo, courtesy of the Saint Lawrence County Historical Society: Shown herewith is the old-fashioned method of “breaking out the road” along Canton’s Main Street, come a heavy fall of snow. Farmers with their teams hitched to “pungs” or other work-sleds came to town and […]

S.W. Green during the 1998 Ice Storm. Lisbon NY. Donated by Pete Green.

Milkman delivering milk on Main Street using a horse-drawn bobsled. On the bobsled, there are boxes holding milk covered in blankets. Circa 1930s-40s. Lisbon, NY.

During World War II, George Metzger helped the war effort by cutting wood.  This picture of a half dozen men, two teams of horses, a wood wagon on runners, and an old truck was taken on his farm on the Avery Road. Circa 1940. Carthage, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and […]

National Paper Products West End Division, machine room number 5, looking southwest, wet end of the process. February 1930. Carthage, NY. Town of Wilna archives. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.

Logging on the Griffin Tract. Two heavily loaded bob sleds bring logs out of the woods. 1900-1910. Wanakena, NY.