A stream running through campus was dammed by two students during the Winter of 1890 and 1891 forming what would become the Campus Pond, a source of natural ice in the days before refrigeration and site for student activities in later years.
Campus Pond
Campus Pond, Photo: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Campus Pond, Photo: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries