North Country At Work

Roger Dake, caretaker and fisherman, with the rabbits he killed and his long gun tucker under his right arm. Oak Point, NY. Courtesy of Everett Thomas.

Captain E.E. Thomas hunting with an Adirondack pack basket. Thomas owned a boat business on Lake Flower, and ran a steamer from Saranac Lake. Circa early 1920s. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo originally printed in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise on July 10, 1993. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.

Paul Smith’s Hotel guides with trophy deer hanging behind them. Three dogs can be seen, two guides in center have rifles. Men from left: Mose Sawyer, Jim Skeff, Paul Smith Jr., unknown, unknown, and Jim Cross. Circa 1900. Photograph by Charles Derby. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library […]

A group of guides and sports posing with deer heads. Back row: unknown, Henry Smith, John Rork (identified by John Flaherty), unknown, George Lyon, unknown,  John or Ed Roark. Front row, second from left is Ben Muncil. Circa 1900. Photograph by Charles Derby. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack […]

Lyle Yerman (right) and Frank Ritz in the woods on Bald Mountain, where they trapped the bobcats pictured to sell. Circa 1930- 1940. Near Old Forge, NY. Courtesy of the Goodsell Museum.

Seasonal tourists/hunters with dead deer on the porch of Augustus Avery’s Inn. Circa 1910-1920. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Seasonal hunters after hunting deer in front of the Anibal House. Len Anibal, the proprietor, is pictured on the far right. Circa 1936. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The Tunnel hunting camp (previously a logging camp) owned by Grace and Clarence LaParr about 10 ground miles from Harrisville. Note the hops growing on strings in the left background. Circa 1920s. Harrisville, NY. Photo donated by Jim LaParr.

Hunting camp photograph, circa 1890s. Harrisville, NY. Photo donated by Jim LaParr.

Hunters pose with game laid across an automobile in front of Duley’s Garage on Miller Street in Plattsburgh. Duley’s Garage operated from 1928 until 1961. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.