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St. Regis Paper Company early logging camp in Jefferson County

“The early logging camps of our company, just after the turn of the century, were located in our original 80,000 acre tract of timberland along the St. Regis River in northern New York.” Circa 1900. Jefferson County in NYS. Originally printed in the St. Regis News Volume 2, Number 9 of September 1974, a newsletter […]

Employees at textile factory in Jefferson County

Unknown textile factory with 15 employees working in sewing room on electric sewing machines. Early electric lighting features Edison light bulbs. Circa 1890. Unknown location in Jefferson County.

Grading and sorting potatoes on a farm near Watertown

Man and woman grading and sorting potatoes at a farm using a machine with different sized meshes. As potatoes roll along the chute, they fall through different hole sizes. The workers remove debris as the potatoes are moved along. Circa 1940-1950. Unknown farm in Jefferson County. Check out this related story on a potato farm […]