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meredith necker · 11-24-2004, 03:53 PM

Thanks for the idea - I know it didn't have anything to do with horseboats but I couldn't figure out how else to post it in this forum. Of course in that vein, in the old days the Lake was used for transportation all year around because the roads were so bad and there were no cars or trucks. The horseboat was one or the of the earliest power boat. Of course the ice was nice and thick back then 3 or 4 feet and there are lots of stories about moving buildings over the ice with teams of oxen. The Lake was important for entirely different reasons back then. Ice fishing was important and the first cars just drove out on the ice and it was entirely safe.

11-24-2004, 03:53 PM	#11
meredith necker Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: meredith neck and bear island Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	getting older Thanks for the idea - I know it didn't have anything to do with horseboats but I couldn't figure out how else to post it in this forum. Of course in that vein, in the old days the Lake was used for transportation all year around because the roads were so bad and there were no cars or trucks. The horseboat was one or the of the earliest power boat. Of course the ice was nice and thick back then 3 or 4 feet and there are lots of stories about moving buildings over the ice with teams of oxen. The Lake was important for entirely different reasons back then. Ice fishing was important and the first cars just drove out on the ice and it was entirely safe.