TOBYHANNA, Pa. — Bill Leonard often spends winter days on Mill Pond #1 in Tobyhanna. He caught interest from his dad, who used to work in the ice-harvesting industry. "This was an important industry ...

The event, slated for Jan. 24 and 25, showcases the history Rockland County's ice industry, which kept the world chilled ...

James Macaronis stood in the woods Saturday afternoon beside a long, narrow, frozen pond, intently watching the action unfolding in front of him. A few feet away on the ice, two men were sawing and ...

BUSINESS THIS. NEW ENGLAND WINTERS WERE ONCE IDEAL FOR ICE HARVESTING. ICE WAS CUT, STORED IN SAWDUST AND SHIPPED ALL OVER THE WORLD TO USE FOR REFRIGERATION. IT WAS A BIG BUSINESS. I THINK IT WOULD ...

The Dreibelbis Farm Historical Society presented a program on Pennsylvania German ice harvesting Saturday at the Richmond Township farm. Visitors to the site near Virginville could take a horse-drawn ...

COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP, PA — History will be on full display this weekend at Tobyhanna Millpond #1 in Coolbaugh Township for the Tobyhanna Ice Harvest. "We have a box car here full of ice harvesting tools ...

ALTURA, Minn. — Dave Palmquist and Garry Barvels attempted to set the scene for historic ice harvesting with some black-and-white images and a little descriptive reading. Ice boxes first came into use ...

SPICER — Bad weather and warmer-than-usual January temperatures didn't stop crews from harvesting ice Friday from Green Lake in Spicer to build the Spicer Ice Castle for the 36th annual Winterfest.

Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. Back before making ice was a simple procedure we could do in our ...