PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS – How to Build an Icehouse – 1887 version

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

Devorah Rose October 20, 2017
How did they make ice back then
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1. Alabama Pioneers October 21, 2017
  Often, it was shipped from the North to the South during winter months and kept in ice houses. Later, there was an ice house factory where ice could be bought. Here is a story about ice houses on our other website. http://daysgoneby.me/iceman-made-life-easier-arrival-electricity/
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Mike Carter October 21, 2017
Definition of “trenail”, as used in the top of the story.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/trenail
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