North Country At Work

Four men outside the Tupper Lake Furniture Company pose unloading a piano. William H. White is pictured in the photo. Circa 1935. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Stagecoach loaded with guests on the road to Saranac Inn on Upper Saranac Lake. Circa 1890s. Saranac Lake, NY.

A man drives a horse-drawn Acme Bakery delivery wagon. Circa 1890s. Brownville, NY.

A view of the NYCRR switching yard at Tupper Lake Junction, where the Hurd and Webb railroads crossed. Circa 1900-1910. Tupper Lake, NY.

Driver Karl D. Farr, owner of the Tupper Lake Junction Bus, in front of one of his buses. Winter of 1929-1930. Tupper Lake, NY.

Young men leaving for war from the Saranac Lake train station at the Saranac Lake Inn. Circa 1917-1918. Saranac Lake, NY.

Musher Spencer Thew using an all-terrain vehicle to help train his sled dogs. August 1992. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of the Colton Library.

A railroad locomotive after exploding. The incident occurred on the Utica and Black River railroad tracks. 1873. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.

A high-end, horse-drawn private carriage with an unidentified driver at Murray’s Palace Livery. Circa 1890s. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.

A view of the rear façade of the H.H. Babcock Carriage Company. You can see the river at the time of the 1913 flood behind the factory. March 28, 1913. Photo by C.J. Ryder. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.