Ice Harvest History

Back in the day River Bank was an ice harvesting town. For those of you that are unfamiliar with this term I'll explain. Ice harvesting was a practice that was popular until the mid twentyith century .Around the time when the freezer became accessible on the home level. A river or sometimes a deep pit filled with frozen water is where one would harvest the ice. A series of plows and picks would be used to remove large, heavy pieces of ice. Those slabs of ice were then shipped to ice houses in various areas of the country. It's fascinating history, really. It's just a shame that River Bank is no more than a cheesy Branson Esq city now. But in a few minutes I'll be playing mini golf with two eccentric ladybugs whom I just met. So, there's that.