North Country At Work

Pictured from left to right are: unknown man, Sheriff Ceylon “Lefty” Allen, unknown man, and J. Frank Northrup. Circa 1940s. Morley, NY.

Group portrait of miners at Barton Mines, where garnet was mined from Gore Mountain in the Adirondacks. The mine was established in 1878 by Henry Hudson Barton. The tools the workers are holding include pick-axes, hammers and shovels. Some of the men are posing in two narrow gauge ore cars. Circa 1890. North River, NY. […]

Staff of North Country Public radio in the control room at their offices on 80 East Main Street in Canton. Behind the switchboard from left: Mike Alzo, Bob Sauter, Brian Mann, Kelly Trombley, Barbara Heller, Shelly Pike, Al Wioskowski, Todd Moe. Seated are Ellen Rocco and Jackie Sauter. Standing behind them are Kathleen Fitzgerald, Martha […]

Kent Falls Dam construction workers pose outside unknown building. The project was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933. Photo circa 1930s. Near Morrisonville in the Town of Plattsburgh, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Two workers posing at mining mill site. Circa 1920s. At unknown location in Clinton County. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Portrait of Long Lake’s first constable, Charles Hanmer, with his billy club. Circa 1880s or 1890s. Long Lake, NY.  Photo courtesy of Louisa Austin Wright, a descendant of the Charles Hanmer.

Manager Diana Austin Wright working at Hoss’s Country Corner. Circa 1974. Long Lake, NY. Listen to her daughter, Louisa Austin Wright, remember one of her mother’s more unique jobs – packing groceries to be air-dropped via sea plane, circa the 1960s and 70s.

Louis Wright holding his first marking axe; each lumberjack had an axe with a symbol on the end of it, which they would use to mark logs so they knew which lumberjack had cut them. Louis worked in logging and hauling from the age of 17. Born 1920 in Boonville, moved to Long Lake when […]

Herald “Bunny” Austin working on a guide boat in his shop. He’s a fifth generation guide boat builder. Circa 2010-2015. Long Lake, NY.

Workmen near the Rice Emery Company Tannery and office. The superintendent, Miles E. Darby, is in the front row, sixth from the right. Circa 1880-1890. Griffin, NY. Photo donated by Frank Girard. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office. Garth Fisher worked in tanneries in Johnstown for 15 years. He remembers seeing the colored runoff […]