North Country At Work

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

In the North Country, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and local fire and rescue teams work together to assemble search and rescue teams. These teams are called on for all types of rescues, and are especially busy in the high peaks region. Here’s a look at some of those teams during training and rescues.

The Potsdam Depot had been scheduled for demolition when the partial bypass of downtown Potsdam was constructed. Public pressure resulted in a successful effort to move and preserve the Spanish Revival Style structure, which is now the home of an Italian restaurant, Mama Lucia’s, a few hundred feet from its original location. 1980. Potsdam, NY.

The Adirondacks has always been a huge tourist attraction. Here’s a look back into the hunting industry featuring both local hunters and tourists.