Letters, Feb. 23, 1959

The First Tow

Sir:

In your superb story, "The U.S. on Skis" [Feb. 9], you say that the first rope tow, key to the U.S.'s ski boom, was installed at Woodstock, Vt. in 1934. The first rope tow was installed there in March 1933, and was the invention of Douglas Burden, the late Thomas Gammack, and myself.

The three of us cajoled our landlady into providing the device we had in mind. She told us it would cost more than we could afford, but reluctantly agreed to go ahead after we put up the cash...

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