Keeping the North Country connected and in letters is hard work. Over the decades, in spite of adverse weather, and through all kinds of terrain, mail carriers have delivered letters to people in even the most secluded areas. Collected here are photos of the many ways (plane, boat, sled!) that mail has been transported across the North Country for the last […]
Carl Tracy was a farmer in West Stockholm, but ran a trucking business on the side to make ends meet, moving materials around the North Country. He was often accompanied by his son Warren Tracy, and had several ‘hired hands’ to help with the trucking. All photos donated by Darren Tracy, Carl’s grandson.
Photos of the patrons, staff, and volunteers going about business, education, and play at the Crandall Public Library, in the 1960s and 1970s. All photos are courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library.
Collected here are all of the audio stories on exhibit for the Watertown at Work photo and audio exhibit. They include dairy farming, dental hygiene, maple sugaring, and radio announcing, among others!
In the heyday of logging in the Adirondacks, logs were transported en mass on the waterways of the Adirondacks in log drives. Collected here are photos of log drives from 1890-1940.
Ted Cook, from Akwesasne, was an ironworker for 40 years. In that time he worked countless jobs all over the country. Collected here are some of the photos from his career.
Iron working is often death-defying work. Many Mohawk residents of the North Country spent their careers perched on iron beams high in the sky, bolting, cutting and connecting massive iron beams for high rises, bridges and buildings across the country. Akwesasne resident Darryl Lazore, who worked as an ironworker for 35 years, donated these photos, […]
For the last 66 years, Philip N. Jackson has worked as a logger and loved it. This collection of images is from two projects he worked on with fellow logger Jack Pulsifer in the spring of 2016.
Orchestras, rock bands, quartets, folk groups, choruses, and high school bands- all sorts of different music groups have played in the North Country. Collected here are some favorite photos of music groups in our region.
Driving through the North Country, you’re bound to pass by at least a few cows at pasture. They’re an integral part of the economy and people’s daily lives in our region. Collected here are photos of cows from the 1890s to the 2010s
