Valley County ID Archives Photo Group.....Ice Harvest At Ice Hole  
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"This picture, taken by Harry Withers, shows Pete Drake, Bill and Lynn 
Richardson and unknown at top of cliff, cutting ice at the Ice Hole on Johnson 
Creek, south of Yellow Pine. Ice was hauled to town and buried in saw dust in 
sawdust-walled storage buildings for summer use. One ice house was behind 
Murphy's Bar, another up at the lodge on the hill and another at the Carpenter 
(Eugerin) Ranch.

"When I was young, out in Long Valley, I used to ride the ice wagon with Dr. 
Hurd, a veterinarian who lived by Old Crawford. He took ice out of sawdust and 
a had a delivery route around Cascade. I remember well the ice went below the 
back porch in trap doors. One reward was a swig. Dr. Hurd took out the 
moonshine bottle also stored there. Dr. Hurd was accidently shot in a hunting 
accident by Les Whitson, who had the drug store."

-- Carl Kitchen, September 26, 1983


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