I read the book with my daughter when she wasassigned it in grade school. It is excellent. Bob Arnold wrote: > You kjight try Laura Ingalls Wilder's Farmer Boy, a juvenile book that I have my coll;ege students in NY history read. It's written about Wilder's husband growing up near Ogdensburg, and has a nice passage in it it about cutting and storing ice. It's readily available in modst libraries and is out in paperback. Almanzo, the boy in the story , is ten, so your students won't be too far off in age from its main character. > > >>> [log in to unmask] 04/19/01 05:16PM >>> > Dear All: > > I have been asked about information having to do with the > harvesting of ice in central New York. > > Does anyone have anything to suggest that would be useful? > > This is for a 4th grade teacher. > > I really don't know where to turn aside from some pictures. > > With thanks, > > carol kammen -- ________________________________ Joseph A. Cutshall-King Grant Writing/Fund Raising Services Associate of Charles R. Putney, Development Services for Nonprofits; Bennington, VT PO Box 154 693 County Route 49 Cossayuna, NY 12823 Tel.: 518-692-9505 E-mail: [log in to unmask]