North Country At Work

Workers set a dynamite charge in ice to clear the way for boat traffic. Massena. 1950.

S. Burnham stagecoach (on runners for the winter) driven by Jim Hotalling. The line ran between DeKalb Junction and Russell, with stops at Stellaville and Hermon. Photograph taken by H.C.B Rude, circa  1906-1910. DeKalb Junction, NY.

Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad train house at the Stella Mines, engines #2 and #3 pictured. When the trains were used by Stella Mines for freight transport, passenger service was not offered. Taken on April 11, 1902. De Kalb, NY.

Adirondack and St. Lawrence engine #2 and coach passenger car. From right to left: Bill Tull (engineer), McCullum (Freeman), Rarick (Conductor), Slimell (Brakeman), taken in 1906 near 4 mile point on De Kalb to Hermon route. (Possibly a cowcatcher on front of engine, designed to remove cows and other obstructions from tracks.) Near Hermon, NY.

Hermon train station with locomotive that ran between Hermon and De Kalb Junction, with Stella Mines in between. Stella Mines owned the railroad service. Circa 1908-1910.

Adirondack & St. Lawrence Railroad train with employees, written on photograph is: 1st Hermon railroad. (Possibly a “cowcatcher” on front of engine–designed to clear tracks of cows or other obstructions.) Winter of 1906. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Adirondack & St. Lawrence Railroad train, which ran between Hermon and De Kalb Junction. Shortest passenger rail line in the Adirondack North Country. Possibly with snowplow attachment on front.  During winter of 1908. Hermon, NY.

Steamboat “Riverside” at Oak Point, possibly used as a ferry to Canada. Circa 1890-1900. Hammond, NY.

Getting the mail out in the big snow of 1947, using a horse and bobsled. Hammond, NY.

Four hitch log wagon delivering logs to a sawmill in Hammond, NY. Circa 1910.