North Country At Work

Alan Bogardus (on left) and Joseph Corrice with a just-caught fish. Bogardus was a fishing guide and also caught sturgeon to send to NYC via the railroad. Early 1940s. Morristown, NY.

Fishermen (named from left: Nap, Dunn, Bogardus, and Scott) with their catch from ice fishing. Bogardus was a fishing guide and also caught sturgeon to send to NYC via the railroad. Circa 1950-1960. Morristown, NY.

Cows are going into the barn for the night (and possibly for evening milking). The Sherwood-Bullard house is adjacent to the barn. This was the home of the Jerden Falls tannery owners, and was later owned by the Chartrand family. Town of Diana, NY. Circa 1900.

Haying at Forest Home. Burton Humes with rake, Merton Mantle on load, Kendrick Shaw with pitchfork, Harlan Whipple with hand on horse, Lyman Humes in front of horse. Haying was done by hand. Piles of hay are called “haycocks.” Harrisville, NY. Circa 1920. Related story, here.

William E. Humes (standing) and George Martin (sitting) sharpening blade for hand-scythe on a hand-operated wetstone. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1900 (date not known for certain).

Merton Mantle and Myron Humes unloading the sap tub, which is on a sledge. The trough at bottom right was used to run sap from the tub to the boiling pan (or holding container) so the tub could be taken back out to the sugar bush for another load of sap. This photo was taken […]

Empty sap buckets at Art Mantle’s sugar bush in Harrisville. Buckets in stack are already washed and drying, those on the ground haven’t been washed yet. Clean buckets are being prepared for storage until the next year’s sugaring season. Circa 1910. Harrisville, NY.

(Left to right) Merle Mayhew Valentine, Hazel Chadwick, Myrtle Mantle, Kendrick Shaw, Pearl Shaw, Dorothy Mayhew Reeder, Libbie Cring Koster, Eliazar Shaw. Unloading sap tub from special undersling gathering sap wagon, at Warren Humes’ sugar house, probably on a weekend when the children came to visit. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1910.

Warren Humes’ sugar camp. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1910. Related story, here.

Sugar bush camp. From left to right, Ernest Chadwick, Kendrick Shaw, Eliazar Shaw, Pearl Shaw and child, Myron Humes, and Lyman Humes. After-hours recreation, a friendly card game. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1911. Related story, here.