BROWN'S ICE HOUSE

This two-story stone and timber building has a sealed stone-lined cellar which serves as a storage area for the ice which is dragged down from the mountains in winter . The ice is then packed underground in sawdust and remains frozen for use year round. The owner, Hannibal Brown, is assisted by his son, Maxwell, and by Samson Hill, Will Hickey and Beecher Lawson.

In winter, he adds several temporary employees to help bring in the ice. Brown sells ice for 5 cents per pound. Both Hannibal and Maxwell Brown live with Hannibal's daughter, Liza, at 154. Hill and Lawson live in building 163and Hickey lives in 184.

Brown also runs a small cartage and storage operation out of the ice house and will hire 1 or 2 men to assist him per week. Brown pays $10.

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