73. First Ski School in America | ||
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| located at the junction of NH117 and Lover's Lane Road, about .5 mile south of the junction of NH117 and NH18 in Sugar Hill, NH |
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"In 1929, on the slopes of the hill to the east, Austrian-born
Sig Buchmayr established the first organized ski school in the United States. Sponsored by Peckett's-on-Sugar
Hill, one of the earliest resorts to promote the joys of winter vacationing in the snow, the school provided
an initial impetus to the ski sport America knows today." erected 1971 |
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Stalking New Hampshire's Historical Markers Historical Markers of the White Mountains Region |
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All text and images on this website (c)2002 Mary Lizie and Robert Marville |
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1/20/2002 |
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