North Country At Work

Soldiers march down Green Street in De Kalb Junction after de-training at the station. August 1940. De Kalb Junction, NY.

USS Gresham on the Marine Railroad tracks, May 6th 1898. The ship had to be “deconstructed” or cut in half  to get it past the narrow rapids and into navigable waters, on its passage to sea to be used as an auxiliary vessel in the Spanish American War. 1898. Ogdesnburg, NY.

Members of the 40th Separate Company in 1897. The company was sent to fight in the Spanish American War in the following year, 1898. Ogdensburg, NY.

At Alcoa plant during World War II. This is one of the 72 guard posts that were around the fence line during war time. Most of these posts were equipped with a 74-inch search light. These lights would create a beam of light that could reach over a half mile. Plant Protection guard Dale Harper […]

Alcoa worker being recorded for “Army Hour,” an NBC radio broadcast. Circa 1940-1950. Massena, NY.

Bill McConnel, armband says Auxiliary Military Police. 1940s. Massena, NY.

Artillery Salute at Pine Camp (later Fort Drum). 1932. Jefferson County in New York state.

108th Infantry camp at Pine Camp (later Fort Drum) in 1935, picturing tented barracks from an aerial view. Jefferson County in NYS.

104 F.A. gun park at Pine Camp (later Fort Drum), picturing soldiers, trucks, and tents in far background. 1938. Jefferson County in NYS.

Aerial view of 105th and 10th Infantry area at Pine Camp (later Fort Drum) in 1935, showing tents, troops, trucks, and a tented barracks. Jefferson County in NYS.