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WATERSKI POMA
Toutedas "America's 1st",
we couldnot findanyphotos
of this poma inactionand
according toGeorgeWeider
the summer venture—on the
original snowmaking reservoir
that became theMill Pond—was
shortlived.Notedpainter Robert
Kemp (see71, below) illustrated
thebrochure.
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LIVEAPRÈS
Is that DireStraits playing in
thebackground?
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CARCULTURE
Whendedicated ski trainswerediscontinued in the1950s,
theautomobile tookup the slack.
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MARIJANE'SLANE
This trail is namedafter the first full-time ski-patroller tobeemployed
byBlueMountain,MarijaneThomas.A friendof JozoWeider,Thomas
helped shape theearlydays of Blue’s redcoats.
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