North Country At Work

Claude L. Preston, shoe store owner/salesman. Circa 1910. Heuvelton, NY.

Outside Claude Colton’s sawmill on the Little River. A man stands on a load of lumber drawn by a team of horses. Two men hold a board ready to add it to a pile of stickered lumber. The village of Oswegatchie is in the background. Circa 1915. Oswegatchie, NY.

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

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.

Portrait of Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. miners. Top row from left: Harry Cooper, Howard Christian, Carl Christian, Basil Cooper, Claude LaPlanty. Bottom row from left: Milton Rice, George

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.

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.

Workers at top of Saint Lawrence Marble Company quarry. Note walls built around quarry to contain dirt; quarry located on the west side of the village. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY. Check out our story on how marble built Gouverneur.

Leaving for Wolrd War I from the Heuvelton train station. Pictured from left: Claude L. Preston, Earl Sanderson, Harve Badger, Everett McIlwee, John Todd, Claude H. Preston, and Arlie Dawson. 1917. Heuvelton, NY.

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.