North Country At Work

Grandpa Matteson feeding chickens on a Hermon homestead. Circa 1900. Hermon, NY.

Homestead at 944 County Route 20, West Hermon, NY. Unknown couple standing in front of the homestead with barn in background. Circa 1870-1880. Hermon, NY. Donated by Bill Balling.

George Lamica, Clarence MacIntrye, George Lamica Jr., Kelly, Don Thompson, Herbert Thompson, and Stanley Hurlbut prepare to cut corn on the Hurlbut farm. The crew would move throughout the neighborhood cutting corn at each farm until the harvest was finished. August 1940. Osbornville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.

Stanley Hurlbut reaping oats on his farm. Circa 1940. Osbornville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.

Herbert and Donald Thompson pose on top of the Thompson farm’s last load of hay. 1936. Osbornville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.

Aaron Hosmer and Clarence MacIntyre pose with the largest haystack ever built in the meadow on Huckleberry Mountain in the Town of Gouverneur. Loose hay was brought to the barn hay mow and lifted with a large claw that ran along track in the roof of the barn. Photograph by Herbert Thompson. Circa 1930. Huckleberry […]

Pictured (left to right): unknown, Merrit Martin and Stan, ready to make hay. Circa 1910. Town of De Kalb, NY.

Herbert and Addie Thompson pose in their chicken yard. 1950. Osbornville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.

Written on the photo is: THE ENDERS GINSING Garden OSWEGATCHIE, NY. Pictured is a man standing among ginseng plants in a walled off, shaded garden. Circa 1900. Oswegatchie, NY.

The David Bullock homestead on Elm Creek. Pictured are the family posed in front of a log cabin and outbuilding. From left to right: David, Laura, and Daisy Bullock, and Elizabeth Carrykill Laura Mather. Circa 1870s. On Elm Creek in Stellaville, NY.