North Country At Work

Members of the Adirondack Guides Association in front of the Enterprise Building. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library

The Ice Palace was built as part of the annual Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, which drew locals and tourists alike. 1989. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.

Captain E.E. Thomas hunting with an Adirondack pack basket. Thomas owned a boat business on Lake Flower, and ran a steamer from Saranac Lake. Circa early 1920s. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo originally printed in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise on July 10, 1993. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.

The lobby of the Prospect House; people are sitting at tables. There are three men behind the desk. A black man holds a whisk broom while talking to a man at the desk. Circa 1880. Blue Mountain Lake, NY. Photo by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

The firemen’s tournament on the fourth of July.  A view of Warren Street looking east from Bank Square. The three spires, from left to right, are: Glens Falls Academy, St. Mary’s Church, and the First Presbyterian Church. July 4, 1870. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Crewmembers on the deck of the steamer Adirondack, which was built in 1867 and owned by the Champlain Transportation Company. They are waiting for the train to bring new passengers. Circa 1877. On Lake Champlain, between Plattsburgh and Port Henry. Photo by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Skiing instruction at Little Gore. Circa 1935. North Creek, NY. Photo courtesy of the Johnsburg Historical Society.

Multiple men stand outside of the: C. W. Wadell Hotel in Johnsburg. Circa 1900. Johnsburg, NY. Photo courtesy of Joan Reynolds.

Hutchins Lodge, a boarding house in Johnsburg, was the residence of the Roosevelt family, distant relatives of both the presidential Roosevelts and John Thurman, the settler of Johnsburg. Almost every woman in Johnsburg worked at Hutchins Lodge – as maids, waitresses, and cooks for the people from New York City who came to stay for […]

Conductor on the platform in North Creek standing by the Winter Sports Excursion Train (“ski train”). Circa 1935. North Creek, NY. Photo courtesy of the Johnsburg Historical Society.