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	January Harvest - The Heyday of Ice "Farming" in the Inland Northwest
		The Heyday of Ice "Farming" in the Inland Northwest
		Ice supplies in railroad cars were replenished at a chain of icehouses stretching across the country.
		Ice manufacturing began as early as 1850 in the East, and in 1900 an ammonia compressor was brought to San Francisco for shipment of ice up and down the Pacific coast.
	www.wshs.org /wshs/columbia/articles/0402-a3.htm (3711 words)

	Annual Brookfield Ice Harvest Is a Very Cool Family Event
		Ice was harvested on Sunset Lake, stored in the ice house there, and sold from the general store at the turn of the century.
		The day before the harvest, a channel is cut in the ice, through which the blocks of ice are moved from where they are cut to where they are lifted out of the water.
		A demonstration of the ice boom that was used to move blocks of ice to a wagon is conducted and aids the competitors for their upcoming competition.
	www.rherald.com /News/2001/0118/Front_Page/f07.html (406 words)

	Ice Harvest - Fairbanks Alaska
		The harvesting of these hundreds of tons of ice is a huge undertaking.
		In 1998, for the first time, ice was harvested from O'Grady pond - right adjacent to where the event is held at ICE PARK.
		The ice harvesting experts of ICE ALASKA are continually refining their methods for cutting and lifting heavy blocks of ice.
	www.icealaska.com /harvest.html (504 words)

	Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm: Ice Harvest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		Once the ice is turned into squares, we use a pike to move the ice to the edge of the hole, where people with ice tongs wait to pull the blocks out of the water.
		Once the horses get the ice to the ice house, we set up a chute from the sled to the ice house, and slide the blocks of ice into the ice house, where they are stacked in a layer.
		Sawdust is swept over each layer of ice, to fill in the cracks between the blocks, and there is approximately a foot or more of sawdust around the outside of the ice, to insulate the ice against the heat of summer.
	www.quietvalley.org /ice_harvest.html (875 words)

	Annual Ice Harvest Evokes Pre-Fridge Era in New York
		The ice was hauled out of the town's Green Lake this February during the annual Tully Ice Harvest.
		The lakes are perfect for harvesting ice, and Tully's location on a railroad line made the town a central player in the pre-refrigerator ice industry.
		Luchsinger, the ice harvest organizer, said that on the day of the festival, a crew goes out on the lake with a horse and plow to score grooves in the ice.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2005/03/0302_050302_ice_harvest.html (718 words)

	Pulse of the Planet @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		In the days before refrigerators, ice from ponds was carved up, stored in icehouses and used to keep dairy products cool throughout the year.
		And in the communities where ice was harvested, it was also a time of celebration.
		The ice harvest was a week or ten days of constant involvement and camaraderie.”
	pulseplanet.nationalgeographic.com /ax/archives/01_culturetemplate.cfm?programnumber=2063 (253 words)

	Ice Harvest
		Ice had to be provided to those who wanted it and it was a service which had to be performed.
		Ice cut in the 1890s was harvested by sawing the cakes with a handsaw.
		The Carl Stavanau and Sons Ice Co. was one of the harvest crews in 1941.
	www.frontiernet.net /~lchsmuseum/history_on_the_hill/1997/97jan2.html (536 words)

	ice on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		Ice makers: manufacturers of icemakers have made a number of improvements in recent years with the foodservice operator in mind.
		Large blocks of ice with a distinctive blue hue are cut and harvested from a pond in Fairbanks, Alaska, on February 18, 2003, and will be used in the World Ice Art Championships held each March in Fai
		A resident treats her small dog to a taste of her Cornish ice cream outside the souvernir shop where it was bought.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-ice.asp (734 words)

	Tully Ice Harvest: Prepare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		Blocks of ice were stored in icehouses, where they'd stay frozen for many months, packed in sawdust, and then in the spring and summer, shipped as far away as New York City.
		Dairy farmer Delbert Haynes oversees the ice harvest and loans a team of his horses to pull the equipment, such as this horse-drawn snow plow.
		Once the ice plow has marked out a grid, it's time to cut a channel through which blocks of ice will be floated to the shore.
	www.pulseplanet.com /archive/Feb01/2332.html (321 words)

	Scott Phillips The Ice Harvest Reviewed by Rick Kleffel
		From the demure and evocative title and the noirish photo of cracking ice, you'd have a hard time guessing that this is a prime piece of pulp fiction.
		If the very thought of this oppresses your sensibility of life as you wish to know and experience it, then 'The Ice Harvest' might be a bit on the cold side for your tastes.
		On the other hand, if you can imagine the gift-scenario as the crux of mean-spirited but still hilarious joke, then 'The Ice Harvest' is the kind of cash crop you can't afford to miss.
	trashotron.com /agony/reviews/2004/phillips-the_ice_harvest.htm (779 words)

	Cusack, Belluci & Billy Bob In 'Ice Harvest'
		John Cusack, Monica Bellucci and Billy Bob Thornton are set to topline in the comedy Ice Harvest, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
		Ice Harvest is a comedic thriller set in a snowbound town on Christmas Eve that centers on a not-so-bright lawyer (Cusack) who is about to embezzle money from his mob superiors.
		Bellucci plays an owner of a strip bar who is in cahoots with Thornton's character, who is using the lawyer to swindle the mob and plans to double-cross him.
	www.killermovies.com /i/iceharvest/articles/3702.html (197 words)

	Pulse of the Planet @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		But it wasn’t until the 1880s, up through the Depression and the 1930s, that an ice harvesting industry thrived in the northeastern United States—mostly driven by the need to preserve dairy products throughout the year.
		Commercial icehouses were insulated with sawdust, which enabled great quantities of ice to be stacked in the winter and stored through the summer.
		But the whole system, right from the ice ponds up in the Catskills to the icebox someplace in New York City was quite an involved and intricate industry, all told.”
	pulseplanet.nationalgeographic.com /ax/archives/01_culturetemplate.cfm?programnumber=2065 (289 words)

	Ice Harvest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		North Country Ice Harvest - The Tradition Continues depicts an annual event in many small towns in the north country.
		While the harvesting of ice in the winter is no longer a necessity, many communities continue the practice as fund -raising events for rural churches, fire departments or other goals.
		The ice is used in June to make ice cream for an old-fashioned social and strawberry festival.
	www.borg.com /~atelierk/Ice_Harvest.html (142 words)

	Ice Harvest
		Harvested ice cakes scatter the surface of Clear Lake.
		First, the ice was scored, then sawed lengthwise using special ice saws, then chiseled along the remaining score line.
		With one or two taps with the ice chisel the block of ice was set free to float down the channel to the ramp where the kids pulled them out of the water.
	www.historical.waseca.mn.us /ice.htm (648 words)

	Ice harvest set for Sunday — New York » Genealogy Blog
		A tradition in this tiny hamlet for decades, the ice harvest hearkens back to a time before refrigerators when sawing through the ice on Millers Mills Pond and taking blocks away for storage was needed for survival.
		Ice harvest visitors get an up-close taste of what this was like, while many get a hands-on feel as well, trying their hand at using antique ice-cutting tools.
		Huxtable said one of the more enjoyable things for her about the ice harvest is witnessing the reaction of visitors, many of whom come from other parts of the Northeast and occasionally from around the country, to this traditional activity and the work that’s involved.
	www.genealogyblog.com /?p=860 (1579 words)

	Best ice harvest Site Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		We hope you have enjoyed the ice harvest resources online directory, as much as we have enjoyed researching and compiling it for you.
		Ice Harvest at Quiet Valley photo above: You need a really big iced tea glass to hold these ice cubes, as they measure approximately 15 inches square by 10 inches thick, and weigh about 45 pounds...
		Also featured is the harvest of the ice from natural ponds and the 2 acre childrens ice park, complete with ice slides and mazes...
	best7-online-info.info /harvest/ice-harvest.php (404 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Ice Harvest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		For all that it involves organized crime, naked women, grumpy bouncers, a serious snowstorm, and a hero with a profound drinking pattern, The Ice Harvest is a quiet little book--noir-ish, certainly, but never to excess.
		As the novel traces Charlie Arglist's trail around his small Kansas hometown on Christmas Eve, 1979, the lawyer's literal footprints are clear enough, given the whopper of a blizzard that's descended, but his metaphorical path is far less obvious.
		THE ICE HARVEST wonderfully captures a "twilight zone" sense of the semi-surreal as it traces and loops its way through a holiday time in the fictional year of 1979 in the fictional city of Wichita in the fictional state of Kansas.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0345440188 (1212 words)

	The Ice Harvest - Preview - Trailers - Reviews - Photo Gallery \| Moviecentre.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		Synopsis: "The Ice Harvest" is a wickedly funny thriller about thick thieves and thin ice.
		For Charlie, the 12 hours of Christmas Eve are filled with nonstop twists and turns, both on the ice and off.
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	www.moviecentre.net /upcomingmovies/preview/345.php (238 words)

	ICE HARVEST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		In the days before refrigerators, ice from ponds was carved up, stored in ice houses and used to keep dairy products cool throughout the year.
		"Coming right in the middle of the winter, ice harvesting season was anticipated with enthusiasm, really.
		And it was a get together-- a place where friends met and talked and lunched together and it also did inject a little money into the community which sorely needed it, in the middle of the Depression, about 1938.
	www.pulseplanet.com /archive/Jan00/2063.html (273 words)

	Bookreporter.com - THE ICE HARVEST by Scott Phillips
		Bookreporter.com - THE ICE HARVEST by Scott Phillips
		At four-fifteen on a cold, dry Christmas Eve a nervous middle-aged man in an expensive overcoat walked bare-headed into the Midtown Tap Room and stood at the near end of the bar with his membership card in hand, waiting for the afternoon barmaid to get off the phone.
		Excerpted from THE ICE HARVEST (c) Copyright 2000 by Scott Phillips.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0345440188-excerpt.asp (877 words)

	Thomas Kinkade - The Ice Harvest - Christ-Centered Art
		The Ice Harvest copyright© 1986 by Thomas Kinkade is prohibited from being copied.
		Thomas Kinkade art prints paintings canvases pictures images and artwork of The Ice Harvest can be purchased at discount prices at Christ-Centered Art.
		The Ice Harvest painting by artist Thomas Kinkade (also spelled Thom Kincade, Kincaid, or Kinkaid) can be purchased in art print or canvas form at special sale prices at Christ-Centered Art.
	www.christcenteredmall.com /stores/art/kinkade/the_ice_harvest.htm (226 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Ice Harvest: A Novel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		His name is Scott Phillips, and his book is The Ice Harvest.
		Think of the people in 'Twin Peaks' in a Christmas Eve snowstorm wandering around a town that could pass for Fargo and you'll kind of get the idea.
		Bleak in its humour, darkly funny in its bleakness, it has the unmistakeable feel of classic noir fiction.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0330481371 (553 words)

	The Ice Harvest movie,trailer,review,pics,pictures,poster,news,DVD at The Z Review
		But as daylight fades and an ice storm whirls, everyone from Charlie's drinking buddy Pete Van Heuten (Oliver Platt) to the local police begin to wonder just what exactly is in Charlie's Christmas stocking — and the 12 hours of Christmas Eve are filled with surprises.
		This site has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film owners of The Ice Harvest and intellectual copyright holders of the movies mentioned herein and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline.
		Connie Nielsen is replacing Monica Bellucci in Harold Ramis's The Ice Harvest as Bellucci and her husband Vincent Cassel are expecting a baby in the fall.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/i/iceharvest.htm (385 words)

	Ice Harvest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		They have crafted a careful scheme to make it happen, but as usual, things don't turn out quite as planned.
		There is plenty of physical injury, and the ice claims a few victims of its own.
		The narrative all takes place on one Christmas Eve, and focuses mainly on the meanderings about town of the main character.
	www.lfpl.org /readerscorner/_disc1/00000029.htm (141 words)

	The Ice Harvest News and Headlines
		From City of God director Fernando Meirelles, The Constant Gardener is a political thriller that stars Ralph Fiennes as a low-level British diplomat who tries to uncover the conspiracies which resulted in his wife's death.
		He'll never be mistaken for a goodwill ambassador, but nonetheless, Rob Schneider does his part for international relations in Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo.
		Cusack stars in the forthcoming "Must Love Dogs" and "The Ice Harvest;" Freeman stars in the forthcoming "Lucky Number Slevin" and "Edison." more...
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/ice_harvest/news.php (241 words)

	Brookfield Floating Bridge VT Ice Harvest Brooksfield, VT
		A great opportunity for the whole family to see how ice was harvested on Sunset Lake at the turn-of-the-century.
		A demonstration of ice cutting and the ice boom used to move blocks of ice to wagons.
		Lots of food, fun, and an ice hauling contest.
	www.vtliving.com /events/brookfieldiceharvest/index.shtml (92 words)

	The Ice Harvest Listing at Box Office Prophets
		For his next film, the director will be doing more of an "indie sensibility" sort of project and he already has a fantastic pair of stars to set it apart.
		John Cusack, probably the finest 30-something actor in the business, and Billy Bob Thornton topline Ramis's dark comedy The Ice Harvest.
		Based on a well-received book by Scott Phillips, the story involves organized crime, grouchy bouncers, naked women, a heavy snowstorm and a protagonist with a serious drinking problem.
	www.boxofficeprophets.com /tickermaster/listing.cfm?TMID=1184 (327 words)

	Ice Harvest, John Paul Cusack's newest flick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		Excerpt from Ice Harvest, John Cusack's newest flick
		At four-fifteen on a cold, dry Christmas Eve a nervous middle-aged man in an expensive overcoat walked bareheaded into the Midtown Tap Room and stood at the near end of the bar with his membership card in hand, waiting for the afternoon barmaid to get off the phone.
		From that distance, in that dim, smoky light, he almost recognized her.
	www.cusackcult.com /ice_harvest_excerpt_john_paul_cusack.htm (949 words)

	Ice Harvest, John Cusack's Newest Flick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		Filming just began in his home base of Chicago on The Ice Harvest, to be released by Focus Features Lost in Translation).
		The script, by Oscar winner Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer) and author Richard Russo (Empire Falls) and based on Scott Phillips' novel, "was one of the best I've read in years," Ramis says.
		To maintain that slope, Ramis is relying on his ace effects team.
	www.cusackcult.com /film/ice_harvest_john_cusack.htm (281 words)

	ICE - Harvest - Edge Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-14)
		Here's one of my 3 ICEs under a 250w HPS after 42 days of flowering.
		Yeah I do like it very much too and yesterday it was the 1st model of my new digicam
		I was thinking of ordering ice let me know how ya like it
	www.overgrow.com /edge/showthread.php?t=458184 (349 words)

	Ice Alaska, 2005 World Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks, Alaska
		Ice Alaska, 2005 World Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks, Alaska
		Dan Baltrum imagined different architectural structures from around the world to design the spectacular entrance to this year's event.
		Contact : Ice Alaska - Contact Ice Alaska Web Designer
	www.icealaska.com (66 words)

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