https://youtu.be/EGOI67fadM4 This video is on the Rise and Fall of the Natural Ice Trade and is presented by Kevin Bair - historywithkev.com and Wakulla County Historical Society. Learn how the natural ice trade started, how the Civil War changed the face of the...
This video describes Kev's upcoming talk on the rise and fall of the natural ice trade on Nov. 14, 2023, at the Wakulla County Library. The presentation will discuss Frederick Tudor and his natural ice shipping empire, Dr. John Gorrie, the Civil War blockade, blockade...
Greeting, Sorry that I have not posted much, as I am busy writing my dissertation, but I did take time in April to be interviewed. On April 12, 2023, I had the opportunity to participate in an interview for the local PBS station program called Local Routes. The...
Greeting, I am Kevin Bair of History with Kev, and this week Saturday, May 15, at 4:00pm, I will give a short talk on Frederic Tudor the Ice King of Boston and the natural ice trade he started in 1805. This will be at the Raney House in...
The Civil War, The Ice Trade, And the Rise of the Ice Machine. Kevin Bair Liberty University Summer 2020 Introduction This paper argues the origins of the artificial ice trade was triggered by the Union Naval blockade of the American Civil War (1861-1865), thus causing the slow death of the long-established natural ice trade […]
For my upcoming research paper, I am investigating the John Gorrie and Ice Trade of the 1850’s. For this blog I thought it would be pertinent stay on the ice theme but expand my research until 1935. This led me into unexpected territory of Jacob Ruppert, beer making, baseball and the Ice Trade
Greetings to all, This blog is based on my research paper and the following data is based on some of my early finding. I initially set out to write on Dr. John Gorrie (1803 – June 29, 1855) (Figure 1.) of Apalachicola Florida, who was the first, to create artificial...