The Border Town Of Fort Covington, New York - Part 1

I'd heard about Fort Covington ever since I moved to the north country, but I hadn't yet been there. I checked Google Maps and found it, only about 25 miles from my house, on the Canadian border and inside an arc of the Little Salmon River. A historic town with a population of only 1600 people, it was originally called French Mills but the name was changed to Fort Covington after the War of 1812:

I turned onto Highway 37, an east-west route which parallels the Canadian border and found myself in a commercial zone with more businesses and more traffic than I would expect from a town of 1600 people. And there was an auto dealer/repair business called Northern New York Auto Sales:

Across the highway was Smith Lumber:

And Smith Auto Repair, probably owned by the same family as Smith Lumber and I wondered if it was related to Northern New York Auto Sales. I suspected it was:

A funeral home:

I began seeing a few houses, many of which were set behind giant, old trees:

Twin Leaf Express. I stopped here on my way out of town and bought gas at the full service station, then went into the deli/convenience store/diner for a cup of coffee where I learned that coffee was free when you bought gas. Business was booming, with so many cars coming and going that the gas station attendant told me to stay there while I went into the store:

Sweet Treats - closed for the season of course, but I'll bet it's a busy place in the summertime:

Adirondack Auto Parts:

St. Mary's Parish Cemetery (there were at least two of them in town):

By then I was in the residential area, about which I'll post more tomorrow:

Gallop Road, Town Of Bangor NY - Part 2

I was taking a driving tour on scenic, rural Gallop Road (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). This small, old barn appeared to still be useful for storage:

Also for storage, I assumed, and possibly attached to a sugar house:

Very interesting farm which sat so far off the road that I had to use my zoom lens to photograph it. The shed on a trailer was a mystery to me. I don't know what it may have been used for:

A tiny, old shed which clearly was still very useful to its owners:

A cluster of small barns, all in excellent shape:

A modern dairy farm:

Another farm with the usual low rise dairy barn:

This old home appeared to be abandoned, which caused me to want to get a photo of it before it is gone altogether:

A modern, efficient farm with silo, grain bin and corn kernel storage bin:

At the end of the road, I took one last photo of this older structure, now a garage and woodshed:

Gallop Road, Town Of Bangor NY - Part 1

I was driving to Walmart in Malone, NY when I noticed Gallop Road and decided to take a quick driving tour. I was not disappointed, as the scenery was rural America at its finest. This large family farm, for instance:

A couple of junked cars and a Jersey calf in an elegant shed, with electric fencing around its run:

A very large hay rake, resting in a field for use again this coming summer:

A small farm with a cozy home:

A stately country home with dogs. They came running and barking, but acted so friendly I was momentarily tempted to stop and say hello. I resisted that foolish temptation, however:

A small barn or carriage house, now a garage:

Lots of old farm equipment and a pickup:

An old barn which seemed to have been converted to a mechanic's garage (but now unused and open):

A lovely home on the banks of the Little Salmon River. It had a foot bridge across the river:

A large, modern farm with triple silos and, parked outside, an Amish buggy. But there was still more to see, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: