Team of horses pulls a sled carrying a burlap wrapped Christmas tree given by the Adirondack League Club to be set up in Times Square in New York City. It was to be taken from Thendara to New York City by train. People behind the sleigh from left to right: Lewis L. Grant, James Scanlon, […]
Two teams of horses hauling large maple sap gathering tanks on bobsleds. Operations of the Horseshoe Forestry Company. Photograph by George W. Baldwin. 1901. Piercefield, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Elevated train tracks leaving the Emporium Lumber Company’s mill. Written on photo: “The Emporium Lumber Co.’s Mill at Conifer, N.Y.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Conifer, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Delaware & Hudson Locomotive 521 pulling full log train. The train is stopped in the Westport Depot, several workers stand on and in front of it. Photograph by L.A. Howard. 1910-1930. Westport, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
The steamer “Killoquah.” Circa 1905-1915. Raquette Lake in the town of Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
The Steamer “Clearwater” on 4th Lake. Cira 1905. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
A railway train on the Marion River Carry. Circa 1900 . The hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake in Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Note gas pump on the far left. Circa 1930s or 1940s. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
In front of the Headquarters Dam, a lumber camp and boarding house location. Pictured is John Mitchell with a load of lumber destined for Little Moose. Circa 1930s-1950s. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Road plowing with oxen and horses outside the Wadsworth Hotel. Oxen were very common in Hamilton County and Hope at this time. Circa 1890-1920. Hope, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
