North Country At Work

Charlie Johns’ grocery and general store. Pictured are Santa and a helicopter. Circa 1980s. Four Corners of Speculator, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Dad’s Inn, a roadside stand. Circa 1930s. Near Seventh Lake in Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The interior of Charlie Johns, a grocery store and general store. Circa 1963. Four Corners of Speculator, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Exterior of the Cliff House, a hotel on Fourth Lake in Inlet. Circa 1940. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

John Buyce’s blacksmith shop. Circa 1870s-1880s. Speculator, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Stagecoach in front of Brooks Hotel. Circa 1880s-1890s. Lake Pleasant, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Babcock’s Inn and Restaurant, now called Drakes Tavern. Circa 1946. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Downtown Inlet. 1925. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The Parquet, a hotel and restaurant. Mrs. Fred N. Parquet ran the hotel. Circa 1934. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Downtown Inlet, on Main Street. Pharmacy (left), Mary’s Gift Shop, and Harry Hall’s Groceries. Note the dairy barn on the far right. Circa 1940. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.