NE Journal

[DAVENET]

https://nasja.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Journal-106.pdf

 

[Pontoon Princess]

thank you for posting the story

 

[olympicorange]

……….. great post Dave,... lots of cool information . born & raised in the area, not being a skier, learned a lot from article. I remember sel Hannah as a kid, worked with his daughter on the family farm equipment, on streeter pond rd. still operating, been sold a few times. also the Valars , had a ski shop in town. went to school with daughters , and one is still highly involved in Mittersills operation & expansions. cannon mtn. & mittersill are in the backdrop of many pics from ''Tucker Lake'' . Waterville valley is owned by our governors family today. also, one interesting note of local history, which I expected to be in the article, was a local family ''Holdmann's'' ,..... Katherine , I believe ( grandmother of a buddy of mine),.... went to Europe to learn ''ski school'' tactics. and brought it back to the area, to be the first ski school in the U.S. theres a historical plaque only a mile from town, i'll try to post a pic. i'm sure there's a few links on-line , about that somewhere,... great job,...

 

[DAVENET]

Must be Katharine Peckett?? Lots more ski stuff in part one of the article: https://nasja.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Journal-105.pdf

Finally got to meet Jeff Leich (the writer) this year at the NH event, but others here know him very well. A very nice & knowledgeable guy!

 

[loggah]

Jeff, Is a great guy .I left the waterville tucker at the new england ski museum a couple years ago for a summer event. I knew a lot of those people when i started working at ski areas back in 1967. Don

 

[olympicorange]

...... ahhh , yes... I believe so. and the era of the ''Peckett Hotel'',... Robert just passed in sept. he ran a trucking /equipment business all his life..... helped him with many projects over the last 30 yrs.... he had a lot of great stories..... r.i.p.....