North Country At Work

Herbert and Donald Thompson pose on top of the Thompson farm’s last load of hay. 1936. Osbornville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.

Stewart Cuthbert on top of the “sheep chute,” an apparatus used to move and control sheep during de-worming and treating their feet for hoof rot. Ann Cuthbert in the foreground. 1958. Hammond, NY.

People posing on top of a passenger train that collided with a snow plow between De Kalb Junction and Canton. February 23, 1912. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photo taken by Myrtle Penny Rice, donated by Naomi Rice.

The 6th Lake Dam. Circa 1909. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

View of St. Lawrence Pyrites Company ore-concentration mill and the top house of Stella Mine No. 1 (left center). The mine provided sulphur ore for the mill, shown uphill on the right. Tailings pond in middle. Circa 1910-1920. Stellaville, town of De Kalb, NY.

The De Kalb Junction Cornet Band posed for a group photo on the porch of the Hurley House Hotel in De Kalb. Note the band leader with baton and black hat at the center of the rear row. Circa 1890s. De Kalb, NY.

Two men on top of the logs loaded on a bobsled, on the ice at the north end of Long Lake. One of the men is Asa Hall. Circa 1900. Long Lake, NY.

Mrs. E. Lowe knitting in De Kalb. Circa 1950. Town of De Kalb, NY.

Soldiers march down Green Street in De Kalb Junction after de-training at the station. August 1940. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Floyd Denesha poses inside the De Kalb Cheese factory. Whey pumps and cheese vats can be seen in foreground. Against the back wall is the press for forming wheels of cheese. 1940. Town of De Kalb, NY.