North Country At Work

A Linn tractor hauling six sleigh loads of logs in Tupper Lake. Circa Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Lumbermen hauling three sleigh loads of logs with a Linn tractor. Circa Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

View of a gigantic pulp wood pile and conveyor in Au Sable Forks, NY. Circa 1910.

Six workers pose in front of a steam powered wood splitter. Note pile of split wood in rear, hand tools near men. Circa 1900-1910.  Lowville area, NY.

Two men (possibly owners of a mill or managers of the job) sitting on pulpwood logs in Rock Island Bay. The logs were destined for the Piercefield Paper Mill. Circa 1920s. On Big Tupper Lake, NY.

Sawyer Dick Shea using a portable sawmill in Catamount Forest. 2006. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Ruth McWilliams.

Local sawyer Dick Shea using a portable sawmill in Catamount Forest. 2006. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Ruth McWilliams.

A contractor harvesting logs to be processed through a portable sawmill. 2006. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Ruth McWilliams.

Interior of the Braman Manufacturing Company’s sawmill. Circa 1930s-40s. Carthage, NY. Photo courtesy of Pamela and Jeff Cole. Read and listen to their memories of the family business here.