>HI >Once when I was up in Glens Falls we went somewhere and they had a thick >walled barn full of ice stored with shavings of wood to keep it from freezing >the blocks together. It was a hot summer day out but freezing in the "ice" >barn. I remember seeing picture where horse drawn wagons were on the shore of >a lake and with big saws they were cutting the ice and dragging the blocks to >the shore where the wagon was. > >My Mother remembers when she was a kid her grandfather would grind up ice >from the "Ice House" and they would have Maple sugar melted and poured over >it. A big treat in them bygone days Deanna Thanks. Nice ice memories which a number of people share. It is really interesting that ice harvesting is remembered so fondly. I will pass along your memoir for the kids. carol kammen