North Country At Work

People standing outside Cook’s Hotel in Colton. Note the deer hanging from the porch roof, being cured before butchering process. Circa 1899-1907. Colton, NY.

Three horses, three men, and a woman stand outside the South Colton Hotel, which was owned and operated by Michael Barnett. Circa 1910. Colton, NY.  Photo provided to the St. Lawrence County Historical Association by the Colton Historian’s office.

Fourteen people pose on the front porch of the Hotel Locklin. An automobile with a driver and several passengers is parked to the left of the porch. Circa 1910s. Pyrites, NY. Check out our story on the boom (and bust) of Pyrites here.

People pose in front of the Lisbon Centre House, a boarding house built around 1858 to house Irish railroad workers. It later became a hotel. Photo taken in April, circa early 1900s. Lisbon, NY.

Sue Synder stands in front of the NorthWood Inn, which offered rooms and meals. The Inn was owned by Al and Sue Snyder. Behind her is a Sunoco gas station and an advertisement for modern cabins and souvenirs. Circa 1935. Cranberry Lake, NY.

The original Forge House hotel. A horse-drawn wagon in front of the entrance was used to transport people and baggage. The buckboard wagon style was invented in the Adirondacks, to carry passengers and gear. The style was soon adopted throughout rural America. Circa 1870-1880. Old Forge, NY. Taken by George H. Pollard of Boonville, NY.

Onlookers watch as firemen use ladders to climb onto the roof of the Old Forge House, to fight a fire at the hotel on the Old Forge Pond. 1913. Old Forge, NY.

Bald Mountain House waitresses posed in uniform outside the hotel, which was located on Third Lake on the Fulton Chain. An unnamed woman out of uniform stands behind them. Circa 1930s. Town of Webb, NY. Check out our story about Webb’s transformation from logging town to tourist destination. 

The Forge House hotel on fire in 1924. Dozens of guests, employees, and residents watch from the lawn as the hotel burns. The Forge House sat on the Old Forge Pond. 1924. Old Forge, NY.

Written on photo is: View of the Fulton Chain from the Forge House in Old Forge, NY. D.W. Cooling’s ice houses are in foreground, where pressed beef from Armour and Company of Chicago was received.  A steamer is docked in the right foreground. Circa 1900. Old Forge, NY.