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- Only after the Kansan and Nebraskan ice sheets disappeared did the Missouri River attain its present course in this region. Today, wells are drilled into these buried ancient river channels. In northern Missouri, the water quality from these sites is better than that of wells drilled into bedrock.
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Feb 1, 2005 · Analyses of soil from central Missouri have pinpointed just when North America’s most recent spate of ice ages began: 2.4 million years ago. When the high-energy, extraterrestrial particles known...
Jun 8, 2023 · The harvested ice was cut into large blocks and stored in ice houses, insulated structures designed to maintain the ice’s integrity. An ‘Ice Man’, delivering a 25lb block of ice in 1928, Houston, Texas.
Feb 6, 2020 · Recently, visitors sawed through the crust of a frozen pond and floated giant blocks through a channel using tools from a century ago. After clamping a block with an ice tong attached to a rope,...
Aug 1, 1998 · The natural ice harvest. In rural communities, the ice harvest was eagerly anticipated. In a cooperative community effort, labor, horse teams and sleighs were donated to help fill local icehouses. It was extremely hard work, but also a social activity that people looked forward to.
Feb 1, 2021 · Have you ever thought about how we kept food and drink cold and preserved before we had electric refrigerators in our homes? Well, harvested ice was the answer.
It took thousands of people to harvest and transport the ice that grew on the river and in the nearby lakes. Ice dealers hoped for cold winters each year. When a freeze came, they would work to keep the ice clean and thick enough to support teams of men and horses.
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