North Country At Work

Guides at Paul Smith’s Hotel on Upper Saint Regis Lake, standing near the boathouse. Copied from the NY State Conservation Magazine. Circa 1890. Paul Smiths, NY.

Guides’ camp on Tupper Lake, where guides took visiting hunters (called “sports”). Circa late 1880s or 1890s. Tupper Lake, NY.

Two men, one is one of the Weir brothers, promoting Trotters on the Ice. Ice Trotting was a huge sport and pastime in the Adirondacks in the 18th and 19th centuries, and involved racing horse-drawn sleighs on ice. Trotters on the Ice had a large oval track, and racers competed for prize money. January of […]

The Russell House, proprietor A. O. Russell, which included a bar. Note sign advertising ale. Circa 1900-1910. Tupper Lake, NY.

Exterior of the Franklin Hotel. Circa 1900-1915. Tupper Lake, NY.

A Civil War era photo of one of the first cabins to be built on Tupper Lake, which eventually became the Tupper Lake House, a very large hotel of the area. Circa 1860s. Tupper Lake, NY.

Beechwood Inn, or The Ruth, a hotel which was located between Tupper Lake and Piercefield. It was rumored to have been an unofficial brothel. Circa 1915. Tupper Lake, NY.

Exterior of the Commercial House (a Stewart’s now sits on this site), which was an early hotel in Tupper Lake. It burned down in 1898. Circa 1890s. Tupper Lake, NY.

Northwood Cabins sign and a former owner (unidentified).The Northwood Cabins are a longstanding vacation rental business in Tupper Lake. Circa 1960s. Tupper Lake, NY.

Ann O’Brien Martin behind the bar at Catamount Lodge. Circa 1960. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of the Colton Library.