North Country At Work

The Big Brook School. Circa 1930s. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Ervin Arnold (left) and Ralph Bonesteel (right). Brockway buses, used as school buses for the Indian Lake School. Circa 1930s or ’40s. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

School in the hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake. Circa 1953-1954. Blue Mountain Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Students inside the school in Hope Falls. Three of the students were named Duheme, Marcell, and Harris. Circa 1905. Hope Falls in Hope, NY. Courtesy of North Hampton Historian Gail Kramer.

Drivers in front of a school bus in front of the Piseco Elementary School. Circa 1980-2000.  The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Joseph C. Johnston (left) teaching students inside the District 3 School. Circa 1903-1904. Benson, NY.

The District 3 School. Joseph C. Johnston, the teacher, is the man with crutches. Circa 1900. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Joseph C. Johnston (back left) is the teacher. Circa 1903-1904. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The interior of Arietta’s one-room schoolhouse. Circa 1890-1910. Arietta, NY. Photo shared by Joann Dunham. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The Benson District 3 School. Joseph C. Johnston is the man with crutches. Circa 1900. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.