New York forest rangers Morgan Roderick, Bernard Siskavich, and Howard Grahm. Photo was taken a day after the August 15, 1984 drowning of 18-year-old Harold D. Petriceks at High Falls on the Oswegatchie River. August 16, 1984. Town of Fine, NY
Men unloading logs at the yard. December 6, 1910. Newbridge, NY.
Mountain House, a hunting and fishing resort owned by J.W. McAleese. Women housekeepers or kitchen help are included in this image. Circa 1910. Cranberry lake, NY.
John Hayes and George H. Terry about to saw a log at the Hayes Saw Mill. 1959. Photograph by S.W. Widger. Cranberry Lake, NY.
Unknown man among a vast field of logs ready to be processed at the veneer mill. Circa 1910. Wanakena, NY.
Men cook inside a tent, possibly a hunting or logging tent. Circa 1880-1900. Wanakena, NY.
A. Mason & Sons Lumber Company, Plattsburgh & Peru, truck with workers posing next to it. At their lumber yard in Peru. Circa 1930-1940. Peru, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.
A. Mason & Sons Lumber Co, Plattsburgh & Peru, truck with workers posing next to it. At lumberyard in Peru. Circa 1930-1940. Peru, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.
John Washburn (right) with his search and rescue crew. Circa 1970s or 1980s. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office. Hugh Peters, Jr. lives in Hope, NY. He started working for the DEC starting in 2000. He did all kinds of jobs for them, from making signs to clearing trails. Listen to […]
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Griffin was a thriving community. Around 300 to 400 people came to work in the booming lumber and tanning industries – in fact, it boasted one of the largest tanneries in the county. But now, Hamilton County Historian Eliza Darling says it’s one of the county’s two […]
