The Grove Hotel (originally known as the Pickens House) with hotel employees standing out front, from the left: unknown man, Clint Woodside, Floyd McCadam, Joe Dawson, Mr. Newcomb, Stephen Trainor. This is where the Abbott Sisters, the renowned opera singers, lived. Circa 1900. Heuvelton, NY.
Van Heuvel House (a hotel) in the winter of 1866, at the top of State Street in Heuvelton. Just in front of it was the railroad crossing. The building was torn down in 1959 to make way for a Tydol Gasoline Station. 1866. Heuvelton, NY.
Eugene Gray and Alva Robinson standing behind the cigar case at the Hotel Heuvelton (also known as the Van Heuvel Hotel). Note the handwritten train schedule on top of the door, and the advertisement for soft drink Moxie on the wall above them, which they sold because they couldn’t sell alcohol. Circa 1925. Heuvelton, NY. […]
A ferry and commercial side wheeler steamboat which went between Heuvelton and Black Lake/Edwardsville, all the way to Rossie and occasionally Ogdensburg. The steamboat transported milk and people, stopping at numerous places along the river. Circa 1880s. Heuvelton, NY. Photo donated by Betty Steele of Ogdensburg.
National Hotel taxi outside the hotel. Elmer Bradway was the owner of the hotel when this photo was taken in 1899. Carthage, NY.
Natural Bridge Caverns boat tour in progress. Circa 1990s. Natural Bridge, NY.
Old Central House run by Merrit Fargo. 1902. Natural Bridge, NY.
Sunday Rock being moved for the second time by Cal Sherman’s construction company in 1965. It was moved because the state was widening State Highway 56. Photo was taken in front of Elmer Watson’s barn. Colton, NY. For more information, check out this article on the significance of Sunday Rock in Colton.
Ervin “Ike” Rutley of Colton driving the “weasel” at the Saint Lawrence Snow Bowl in South Colton, NY, January 27, 1965. Ike is pictured at the wheel of the weasel, which he used to pack the hill, make trails, and prepare the jumping areas. Students pictured, left to right, are Dick Hanson, Doug Jones, and […]
