Margaret Houghton standing next to a line of sturgeon caught in the St. Lawrence River. Circa 1940. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Linda Dingman. Margaret and Cecil Houghton were married in the 1920s, and spent their lives living on the St. Lawrence River. Their granddaughter, Linda Dingman, says her grandfather was a true “river rat”. […]
Romaine Wenborne, a fishing guide and barber, displaying a 102-pound sturgeon. Date 1900-1910. Cape Vincent, NY. Originally published in the Thousand Islands Sun. Courtesy of Linda Dingman.
Back-to-the-land farmer David Duff poses with two oxen, named Jake & Roscoe, at an Old Home Days celebration. 1970s or ’80s. Hammond, NY. Courtesy of David Duff.
Marilyn Thompson training a calf in the field for the 4-H. Circa 1960. Lisbon, NY. Photo courtesy of Bob Thompson.
Two workers behind the counter at First Meat Market. Circa 1910. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
Leavitt Farms is located on Route 86 between Gabriels and Saranac Lake, with high, open fields and stunning views of the Adirondacks. Lenore Leavitt married into a seed potato farming family. She helped the business grow from just a few acres into the many still used today.
People threshing at the Oval Wood Dish farm. The farm was connected to the Oval Wood Dish mill. Circa 1920. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
Lines for gathering sap at Sacred Roots Maple, a maple business founded by Ben & Ashley Clark in 2016. In the photo, Ben is repairing lines that were damaged by squirrels. 2017. West Chazy, NY. Courtesy of Ben & Ashley Clark.
Cars parked outside of the Neverett farm for a livestock auction run by the H.L. Neverett & Sons Livestock Commission. They led auctions every Tuesday in Ellenburg Depot and every Thursday in Chazy. 1946. Chazy, NY. Photo courtesy of Kim Neverett Howley.
A livestock auction at the Neverett farm. The man holding the cane behind the cows is Harry Neverett, the founder of H.L. Neverett & Sons Livestock Commission. To the right of him in the jumpsuit is his eldest son, Robert Neverett. In the top right in the booth is the auctioneer, auctioning off cattle, and one […]
