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Identifier: palmofalphatauom5719alph (find matches)
Title: The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Alpha Tau Omega
Subjects: Greek letter societies
Publisher: (Champaign, Ill., etc.)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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cing(practiced solely by experts) were theprincipal forms of skiing. Today, withthe development of ski trails, widespreadadvertising and good transportation,many more people are taking up thesport for pleasure. Many people now plan to spend a partof their annual vacation during the win-ter and mountain hotels and farmhouses have been enlarged and re-modeled to take care of the increasingnumber of winter sportsmen. Severalresorts have ski-tows of various descrip-tion on nearby open slopes by usingwhich one can go up the hill quickly andtherefore enjoy more skiing in a shorttime without becoming tired from climb-ing. At present an aerial tramway isbeing built in New Hampshire on Can-non Mountain, the first in this countryfor transporting skiers. One of the most elaborate ski projectswas the development last year of SunValley Lodge at Ketchum, Idaho. TheUnion Pacific Railroad spent consider-able time and funds in locating this sitefor it wanted the same climate and THE SKIS THE LIMTF 379
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THE COMBINED TEAM which represented the United States in the winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenhirchen, 1936. Eddie Blood is standing at the left. terrain as that found in Austria and Switzerland. Fabulous sums were spent to develop the area. Other famous centers are Duluth, Minneapolis, Canton, S. D., SteamboatSprings, Colo., Red Wing, Minn., Denver, Lake Placid, Brattleboro, Vt., BearMountain, N. Y., Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Big Pines,Calif., and Devils Lake, N. D. A 4,000-YEAR-OLD SPORT The history of skiing goes back more than 4,000 years, for skis have been un-earthed in Northern Sweden which are estimated to be at least that old. Literature of the North Countries of Europe makes many mentions of ski-running and skis figured conspicuously in early wars. It is reported that King Sverre of Sweden used scouts equipped with skis in the Battle of Oslo, 1200 A. D. Skis were standard equipment in the Swedish army as early as 1452. They were introduced into Central Europe, via A

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  • bookyear:1880
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Alpha_Tau_Omega
  • booksubject:Greek_letter_societies
  • bookpublisher:_Champaign__Ill___etc__
  • bookcontributor:University_of_Illinois_Urbana_Champaign
  • booksponsor:University_of_Illinois_Urbana_Champaign
  • bookleafnumber:398
  • bookcollection:university_of_illinois_urbana-champaign
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