North Country At Work

Workers at the Irondequoit Inn. Circa 1940s or ’50s. The hamlet of Piseco in Arietta, NY. Photo donated by Judy Damkoehler. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The Rudes Place, where F.J. Morley was the proprietor. It later became the Piseco Tavern. Circa 1910s. Piseco Lake in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Rogers Camps at Oxbow Lake. Later it was an inn, today the Oxbow Inn. Circa 1921. Located between Lake Pleasant and Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The Old Rudes House, a boarding house and inn on Piseco Lake. Later known as Piseco Tavern, starting in 1939. Circa 1910-1920. Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The first Avery’s Inn. Circa 1890s. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo donated by Pete Betz. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Avery’s Hotel and Restaurant, previously Avery’s Inn. This building was the third version of Avery’s. Circa 1950s or 1960s. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Seasonal tourists/hunters with dead deer on the porch of Augustus Avery’s Inn. Circa 1910-1920. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Seasonal hunters after hunting deer in front of the Anibal House. Len Anibal, the proprietor, is pictured on the far right. Circa 1936. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Anibal House, a hotel popular with tourists and hunters. Circa 1925-1935. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of ­the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

View of dining room in the Fort William Henry Hotel. Note African-American waiters. Photograph by Seneca Ray Stoddard. 1875. Lake George, NY.