Miners on a lunch break, in an underground rest area called a “shanty”. Lyon Mountain Mine was operated by Republic Steel. Circa late 1940s. Lyon Mountain, NY. Courtesy of Lyon Mountain Mining and Railroad Museum.
Portrait of miners in the Lyon Mountain Mines, operated by Chateaugay Ore & Iron Company. Back row: unknown, Dick Haskins, unknown, Alex Kourofsky, Frank Morse, Slim Welch, Myron Benjamin, Bill Shusda, Dominic Patnode, Iggy Salunis, Alex Veronic, and John Narcoon. Front row: Arthur Steward, Dan Evans (manager), Mike Shusda, Pete Kominsky, Adolph Golovach, Simon Vernosky, […]
Long Lake High School/Central School employee portrait. First row: unknown, unknown, Jeanette Jennings (Wilson), Peg Morgan (Duane), Florence Volker, Professor Daniel J. Hughes, May Whitcomb (Cary), Judge Timothy Sullivan (President of the School Board), and Elizabeth Clark. Second row: unknown, Clara Stanton, Caroline Sawyer, Beatrice Hewitt, Eleanor Lewis, Mary Le Blane, Pauline Hall, and Nellie […]
Members of the “Independent Order of Foresters,” a fraternal organization established by Long Lake loggers that advocated for workers’ rights. Circa early 1900s. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Long Lake hermit, “Bowen.” Before 1900. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Staff at Camp Beattie, a children’s summer camp at Caedmuir Lodge run by Mrs. Elvira S. Beattie and Mr. Robert W. Beattie. The camp was established in 1925 and closed in the 1950s. Circa 1930s. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Charles Bailey Hanmer, a Civil War veteran and the first police officer of Long Lake. Circa 1880s or 1890s. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Employees stand in front of ice cream stand, Custard’s Last Stand. Patty Farrell (second from left) worked there and later came to own the business. Right to left: Bruce Tallon, unknown, Rose Tallon Cooney, Karen Coon, Jodie Tellstone, Patty Cooney Farrell, and Bobby Lumiere. Circa 1979. Long Lake, NY.
Pictured are the staff of Long Lake Doctor Russell Rider’s office. Left to right: Darleen Vartuli (billing), Barbara Hutchins (nurse), Cathy Cullen (receptionist), and Russell Rider (doctor, in back). 2000. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of Barbara Hutchins. Listen to Barbara remember what it was like to be a nurse in Long Lake, recorded in […]
Dorothy Potter, who worked at Morley’s stone schoolhouse as a cook for 13 years. Circa 1955. Photo courtesy of her son, Don Potter. For more about Dorothy’s career cooking for the Morley School, check out the full North Country at Work story here.
