North Country At Work

Men loading bundles of grain onto a wagon pulled by a team of oxen. Photograph by Seneca Ray Stoddard. 1875. North Elba, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Four men and a horse on a treadmill driving the early threshing machine which does not have a mechanical elevator or blower as later threshers did. One of the men is Henry “Hank” Hewitt. Photograph by Osmond Putnam. Circa 1880. Johnsburg, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Harvesting hay by hand. Hay cocks in right foreground. Workers use hayforks to pull hay into cocks and then load onto wagon with pitchforks. Photo by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Circa 1885. Ausable Chasm, NY.

Wood poses holding a handtool in a field on his farm. Circa 1910-1930. George Marshall Family Photograph Collection, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Beecher Harvey standing in a cornfield. Photograph by Mathias T. Oppersdorff. Circa 1986-1987. Warrensburg, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Craigardan is a not-for-profit educational organization in Keene. People of all ages come there for residencies, workshops, and classes in agriculture, the arts, and culinary studies. Barbara Tam founded it two years ago with Michele Drozd. Listen here to Barbara explain what Craigardan does, and why.

Digging up boulders at Joe Austin’s Farm. September 16, 2018. Indian Lake, NY. Photo taken by Daisy Kelley.

Three people bringing in a load of hay on their wagon. Pictured left to right are Don Leadley, Claude Bradt, and Charlie Bradt. Circa 1950. Wells, NY. Photo donated by Don Leadley. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office. David Pincombe has lived in the area all his life. His ancestors were one of the […]

Cows in a pasture by the woods with two men standing around them. Circa 1900-1910. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Boy stands behind a cow in a paddock. Note the ring through the cow’s nose. Circa 1900-1910. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.