North Country At Work

The tunnel camps. Looking north, showing Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Raymond, cook and caretaker. Peter Lobdell was the logging foreman. Photo taken by Grant W. Humes, 1922. Harrisville, NY.

Farmers often supplemented their income in the winter by selling logs to the local sawmills. This unidentified teamster is preparing to take a sleigh load to the mill. Note the pole used to tighten the chains. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1900. Check out our story on Ross Young, a logger from Harrisville. 

Ice operations near entrance to Massena Power Canal. Circa 1950. Massena, NY.

Detonation of dynamite charge to remove ice on the power canal in Massena. Circa 1950. Massena, NY.

Dredge “A.K. Lawrie” and tugboat “William Hoopes” stationed at Dodge Bay on the St. Lawrence River in Massena. They were used for ice breaking operations. Massena, NY. Circa 1950.

Preparing dynamite charge: pictured are the explosives, a toolbox, and the worker in the process of preparing the charge to break up river ice. 1950. Massena, NY.

Workers set a dynamite charge in ice to clear the way for boat traffic. Massena. 1950.

S. Burnham stagecoach (on runners for the winter) driven by Jim Hotalling. The line ran between DeKalb Junction and Russell, with stops at Stellaville and Hermon. Photograph taken by H.C.B Rude, circa  1906-1910. DeKalb Junction, NY.

Adirondack & St. Lawrence Railroad train, which ran between Hermon and De Kalb Junction. Shortest passenger rail line in the Adirondack North Country. Possibly with snowplow attachment on front.  During winter of 1908. Hermon, NY.

Members of the Elthorp family butchering pigs at their farm in Hammond, NY. Circa 1910-1920.