In 1893 the Crystal Ice Company dammed a portion of the Little Blue River 1¼ miles north of Ayr, creating “Crystal Lake” for harvesting and selling ice. A huge storage and loading facility was built on the nearby Republican Valley branch of the . . . — — Map (db m287696) HM
Originally known as “Dyers Mill” this settlement was begun when John Dyer and his nephews, Elbridge and Truman Dyer, built a grist mill here on the Little Blue River in 1872. Stone at the base is one of the original mill stones. In 1887, the K.C. . . . — — Map (db m287698) HM
