North Country At Work

Roger “Bucky” Taylor unloading grain at the Port of Ogdensburg. Circa 2004. Photo taken by Jerome Hebda.

Guide boat house at Paul Smith’s. Photograph by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Circa 1880. Paul Smiths, NY.

Jacques Suzanne, wearing a fur coat, lying in the snow beside a team of dogs harnessed to a sled. 1930-1950. Lake Placid, NY. Inscription reads: “To my friend Noah John Rondeau.” Rondeau was known as the Adirondack hermit. Photo courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Dogsled team in Lake Placid with mountain in the background. Three people are in the sled, two people behind it. Photograph by Alfred W. Santway. Lake Placid, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Horse-drawn carriages lined up along the plank sidewalk outside the Thendara Station of the Fulton Chain. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1909. Thendara, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

The steamboat “Killoquah” docking at Kenwill’s Hotel on Raquette Lake. Photograph by Edward Bierstadt. Circa 1900. Raquette Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Six-horse stagecoach filled with passengers in front of Paul Smith’s Hotel; probably guests on porch. Photograph by Seneca Ray Stoddard. 1880. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Men working steam drills in the winter along North Creek to Sanford Lake railroad connection. 1945. Adirondacks, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Steam shovel engaged in road construction. Two unidentified men with shovels, one operates steam shovel, and another drives horse drawn dump wagon. Photograph by McCormick’s Studio in Tupper Lake. 1905. Adirondacks , NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Building a covered bridge, near downtown Keeseville. Photograph by George W. Baldwin. 1880. Keeseville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.