Keywords: Spring skiing
Item 151984
Two skiers posing with a small dog, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Media: Film negative
Item 151983
Young skier posing on the slopes, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Media: Film negative
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73
"Dedication to the cause was his motivation to ski to the Jemtland section of New Sweden to conduct school for part of the week, returning to preach…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History
"… world’s largest tourmaline A Olympic class Nordic ski facility The only town in America named Dixfield The birthplace of Edmund Muskie Those crazy…"
Story
Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn circa 1960
by David Rollins
The creation of Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn at Sugarloaf USA
