Pictured is a collision between a snowplow and a passenger train, in which the train was buried under snow and had to be shoveled out. The New York Central Railroad hired 40 local people with shovels to help clear the tracks. February 23, 1912. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photo taken by Myrtle Penny Rice, […]
Henry M. Beach post card of the Hurley House, “special service to traveling men.” Shows passenger waiting for train and W. Miller manager of the Hurley House. Composite photograph. Circa 1900-1910. De Kalb Junction, NY.
People posing on top of a passenger train that collided with a snow plow between De Kalb Junction and Canton. February 23, 1912. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photo taken by Myrtle Penny Rice, donated by Naomi Rice.
Two men and their horses pulling riding rigs, posing in front of De Kalb Junction High school. Circa 1900 to 1910. De Kalb Junction, NY. Photo taken by Myrtle Penny Rice, donated by Naomi Rice.
The track repair crew and station agent posing in front of the Richville Depot. Ralph Willard stands on semaphore tower. Behind the building on the left is the stock ramp for loading cattle into boxcars. Circa 1890s -1900s. Hamlet of Bigelow in the Town of De Kalb, NY.
A stagecoach and its owner on Main Street in Richville. Circa 1906. Richville, NY.
Two workers snowplowing after a big storm. 1946. Town of De Kalb, NY.
James Carvel delivering milk. He did so in Potsdam from 1933 – 1941, while living on a farm between Canton and De Kalb. Circa 1933-1941. Saint Lawrence County; either in Potsdam or De Kalb. Note: This photo previously identified Douglass Hayes as the man holding milk bottles; we received a correction from the son of James […]
Man walking across the train tracks in front of the De Kalb Junction Railroad Station. The railroad section boss’s office is on the far left. Ten trains a day would come through this station, five running south and five running north. Circa 1906-1910. De Kalb Junction, NY.
The Union Hotel, originally built in 1863 by Clark Goulding, was sold to Patrick Green within a year. The building was destroyed by fire in 1887. Stage coaches transported people arriving by railroad to multiple destinations in the town. De Kalb Junction was home to 41 railroad employees in 1870 half of whom boarded at […]
