Lily Lake Ice Wagon, 1910 During the winter ice was cut out of
the St. Croix River as well as Lily Lake in Stillwater to store
for the summer months. Ice was used for a variety of reasons but
mostly to fill ice boxes during the summer months. Ice was cut
until the late 1940s and early 1950s.. Stillwater popcorn
vendor, George Goutsos, ca. 1940s. Popcorn has been a part of
our culture for decades and continues to be one of the favorite
snacks of Americans for most any event. Even in Stillwater, the
popcorn wagon sat on the street corner popping corn and selling
bags of the snack to passersby as early as the 1890s. By the
mid-1940s, popcorn wagons became motorized and George Goutsos, a
Greek immigrant, became the town popcorn vendor. Goutsos would
drive his popcorn truck around to most of the community events
and there are people around today that still remember him parked
at the high school football games selling popcorn to eager high
school students.