Seven workers (three atop the logs, four on the ground) with a load of pulpwood around 20 feet high and 30 feet long. A single team of horses are hauling the load. Circa 1912. Unidentified location in the Adirondack Mountains. Courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Loggers with teams of horses around the bunkhouse, stable and mess hall of a winter logging camp. Circa 1890. Unknown precise location in the Adirondack Mountains. Courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Members of the “Independent Order of Foresters,” a fraternal organization established by Long Lake loggers that advocated for workers’ rights. Circa early 1900s. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Long Lake hermit, “Bowen.” Before 1900. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
After World War II, Gordon Taylor came up to Cranberry Lake and worked for the rangers putting out forest fires. Listen to Gordon’s story here.
Forest Ranger Bernard Siskavitch at the site of forest wildfire. May 5, 1999. Rossi, NY. Photo courtesy of Bernard Siskavich. Bernard Siskavich is a retired forest ranger with the Department of Environmental Conservation. His job included forest fire prevention and suppression, search and rescue, and routine patrols of state land. In 1976, when he moved […]
Hauling logs with a Ford tractor at the Paddock farm. August 1952. Hammond, NY.
Stewart Cuthbert transplanting a maple tree using a tractor. 1957. Hammond, NY.
In 1892, George Wing Sisson Sr. bought the site of the old Union Mill at Unionville, on the east side of the Racquette River, for $50,000. The old saw mill was torn down and the Racquette River Paper Company was built. A new wooden dam and flume were also constructed. Production began with three wood […]
Workers pose with a steam operated drag saw. A drag saw was an early type of powered saw used to cut firewood. A large iron kettle in the foreground held a water supply for steam engine. Circa 1890-1910. Hermon, NY.
