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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    May 17, 2024 2 minutes

    Ice-harvesting history

    I would guess that I witnessed the end of the era of ice harvesting. I was born in 1934 in Southwestern Minnesota. It was probably the 1940/41 winter. My father borrowed a friend’s iceboat and we went for a lake for a fast ride on a cold day. The lake was adjacent to Worthington, Minnesota. We went there in our Model T Ford from our home in Brewster, Minnesota.

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