Frank LeClair, Chuck LeClair, and Victor LaClair (yes, his last name is spelled differently) are three of nine siblings. They were born and raised on the family farm in Churubusco. From an early age, they learned farm tasks like haying and milking cows, and they remember finding ways to have fun doing them.
The Thompson barn and farmhouse on Route 68. 1940. Flackville, NY. Photo courtesy of Bob Thompson.
Aerial view of the Thompson farm on 5 Mile Line Road. Circa 1970. Lisbon, NY. Photo courtesy of Bob Thompson.
The back of Howard Pelletier’s sugarhouse showing the vent (left) which was kept open so steam could escape. Circa 1950. Johnsburg, NY. Photo donated by Susan P. Rawson
Howard Pelletier on the grounds of his Garnet Lake sugarbush. Like many in the Adirondack Mountains, Howard Pelletier relied on sugaring during the late winter and early spring when logging and farming were impossible because of the weather. Circa 1950. Johnsburg, NY. Photo donated by Susan P. Rawson
Photo taken from the hill behind Howard Pelletier’s sugarbush in Garnet Lake, showing the sugarhouse and the family home. Circa 1950. Johnsburg, NY. Photo donated by Susan P. Rawson
Women wash laundry in wooden washtubs. Woman in center holds washboard next to upright clothes wringer. Woman on right rinses out a clothes boiler. Children play in barrels and a wooden wagon while the women work. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. 1900. In the Adirondack region, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience
A homestead log house. Circa 1880-1900. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Nancy Storer, the little girl, walking the pigs with her father on the Storer Farm. September 1939. Benson, NY. Photo donated by Nancy Storer. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Man feeding livestock on the Storer Farm in upper Benson. The Storer family came up from Staten Island during the Depression. Circa 1930-1940s. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
