North Country At Work

(Jul 24, 2018) If you've driven through Long Lake, you've seen Hoss's Country Corner - it's the big, green general store with a wooden porch and black bear statues out front. It's been around in different forms and with different names for over a century. Louisa Austin Wright started working there in 1974 at the age of 14 (and most of her siblings did, too) alongside her mother, Diana Austin Wright, who managed the store for decades. She says it's always been a major stop for anyone coming into the Adirondacks. [full story]