Beautiful Hannawa Falls, New York - Part 2

I was making a driving tour of Hannawa Falls and my overall impression so far was that this was an upscale suburb of Potsdam. But then I began to see evidence of its rural roots. This spectacular old barn, for instance:

I saw a bar/restaurant on the shore of the Raquette River and pulled in to take a look. A farmer drove a big tractor up the road while I was parked there:

The sign told me that I was at the Canoe Place Inn, and that it served lunch and dinner daily. The bar was open from 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM and there was a picture of a swimming moose in an inflatable toy lifesaver. It seemed like a friendly, neighborhood kind of place:

There was an old house built of Potsdam Red Sandstone with extensive additions added on:

Homes on the Raquette River were exceedingly lovely:

And the river itself seemed to give the whole town a special character. It didn't just pass through the town, it ran the full length of the town:

There were very large houses in Hannawa Falls. This one, judging by the mailboxes, must have contained five apartments:

And just look at the upstairs balcony on this house for river gazing:

I turned in to a historical looking place along the river and saw this marker. It said that this had been the site of Cox's Mill, which consisted of a sandstone house and a sawmill:

But these days the falls are the site of a dam and hydroelectric power plant - or at least that was what I guessed it was:

The volunteer fire department looked to be a thriving organization and I saw signs in town announcing a fund raising dinner they were putting on:

Another sandstone home, very elegant. But Hannawa Falls was bigger than I'd realized and I kept driving. I'll post Part 3 tomorrow: