The chilling history of ice in the Deep South

Mickey Starling ECB Publishing, Inc. Ice is so common today that it is taken for granted. Almost every store sells it, and our refrigerators spit it out on demand. Such was not the case in the 1800s, especially in the Deep South, where freezing temperatures were short lived and ice makers were a future luxury. In most cases, for every problem, there is a lucrative solution awaiting discovery. The desire for ice in the sweltering heat of summer was met with some northern ingenuity from Frederi