Ice Mountain has played a significant role in the history of the North River Mills community. Among Ice Mountain's earliest descriptions are mentions in Henry Howe's "History of Virginia" (1845) and in a "Silliman's Journal" article by Charles Hayden from the same year. Ice Mountain was also detailed in Hu Maxwell and Howard Llewellyn Swisher's "History of Hampshire County, West Virginia: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present" (1897), O. F. Morton's "History of Hampshire County" (1910), and Homer Floyd Fansler's "Ice Mountain: Nature's Deep Freeze" in the July 1959 issue of "West Virginia Conservation". The mountain was also featured in the April 1861 edition of "Harper's New Monthly Magazine". The "Harper's" publishing company sent the article to the "Winchester Star" where it appeared in their October 10, 1962, issue.