North Country At Work

Post office corner in Long Lake. Circa 1907. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

Shirley Sagan Norton worked in the St. Lawrence County treasurer’s office in the courthouse on Main Street for close to 30 years straight. This photo comes from Shirley’s retirement in March of 1990, and pictured from left to right are: Betty Bradley (chair of the board of legislators), Robert McNeil, Shirley, Richard Buckley, and Carl […]

Dexter Department of Public Works employee, Matthew S. Shawcross of Pillar Point, shovels topsoil around a newly planted tree off West Grove Street. 106 trees were planted as part of the Arbor Day 2001 project. Trees were planted across the North Country to replace those destroyed in the 1998 Ice Storm. 2001. Dexter, NY. Photo […]

The 1st National Bank of Potsdam was the first nationally charted bank in the St. Lawrence County. The 1st National Bank opened in 1866, replacing Frontier Bank (in Potsdam 1851-1866). Both businesses were on Market St. Circa 1890-1910. Potsdam, NY.

Workmen take a break while installing a water main in front of the Liberty Knowles house on the east side of Market Street, across from the head of Depot Street. Note the pieces of sandstone sidewalk piled around the site. Circa 1870. Potsdam, NY.

Officer Jordan Nason of the Tupper Lake Police Department with JD, the TLPD’s K-9 Unit. 2017.  Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Tupper Lake Police Department. Read our full North Country at Work story and interview with Tupper Lake Police Department Police Chief Eric Proulx here. 

Officer Tom Proulx in a Tupper Lake Police Department vehicle. 1978. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Tupper Lake Police Department. Read the full North Country at Work story and interview with Tupper Lake Police Department Police Chief Eric Proulx here. 

Eric Proulx shows off the inside of a TLPD cruiser, one of two Ford Interceptor SUVs. Each has a radio, computer, lighting equipment and sirens, plus a patrol rifle, shotgun and a radar unit in the front. Gear stored in the back includes a medical bag, road flares, cones, measuring tape and a defibrillator. 2017. […]

Harry Wilson on his mail route, driving a team of horses. Circa 1920s. Essex County. Photo courtesy of Dan Berggren. The full story on mail carriers of the Adirondacks, from wagons to boats, and inclement weather, can be read here.

Men and boys pose on the porch of the Post Office. Circa 1910. Oswegatchie, NY.