The meeting of January 15th.
A representative of the Grayslake, Illinois, Historical Society was in attendance and gave a short talk about what they are doing.
They have just moved into a new $2 million building and run by the village which requires them to be open at least 16 hours a week. They even have an executive director who is paid $65,000 a year.
The new place is located one block off Main Street next to the old water tower. Hours are Wednesday to Saturday from noon to 4 and they have a community room.
ICE HARVESTING
The theme of today's meeting had to do with outside activities, especially winter, in the Fox Lake, Illinois, area in years past. We heard a presentation on ice harvesting, which was a big industry in the area in the days before refrigeration. You had to keep things cold somehow during the summer.
And, this was done by harvesting ice during the winter from Fox Lake and other bodies of water in the Chain of Lakes and Lake County area.
An Icing We Will Go. --DaCoot
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