The Wild West’s Ice Trade: How Frozen Lakes Fueled the Desert - History Collection

The Wild West’s Ice Trade: How Frozen Lakes Fueled the Desert - History Collection

Set against the backdrop of the arid American West, the tale of the ice trade is a striking study in resourcefulness and irony. In an era before electric refrigeration, settlers in booming mining towns and dusty desert outposts relied on vast blocks of ice harvested from distant frozen lakes. These icy shipments, sometimes traveling more ...