Fourth-graders from Tamworth, Madison and Freedom walk under the ski-pole arch by the Conway Scenic Railroad station as part of the annual "In Martha's Memory" re-enactment of Hannes Schneider and his family's 1939 arrival in North Conway on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tom Eastman as Benno Rybizka, Christoph and Hannah Schneider as Hannes and Ludwina Schneider, and George Cleveland as Harvey D. Gibson recreate a photo of the figures they're portraying outside the Conway Scenic Railroad station for the annual "In Martha's Memory" re-enactment of Hannes Schneider and his family's 1939 arrival in North Conway on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fourth-graders from Tamworth, Madison and Freedom head from the train into the Conway Scenic Railroad station as part of the annual "In Martha's Memory" re-enactment of Hannes Schneider and his family's 1939 arrival in North Conway on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tom Eastman, portraying ski school director Benno Rybizka, shows a picture of Hannes Schneider during a re-enactors' presentation on the Conway Scenic Railroad train on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Susan Fox (right) presents Christoph and Hannah Schneider, portraying Hannes and Ludwina Schneider, outside the Conway Scenic Railroad station for the annual "In Martha's Memory" re-enactment of Hannes Schneider and his family's 1939 arrival in North Conway on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fourth-graders from Tamworth, Madison and Freedom walk under the ski-pole arch by the Conway Scenic Railroad station as part of the annual "In Martha's Memory" re-enactment of Hannes Schneider and his family's 1939 arrival in North Conway on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tom Eastman as Benno Rybizka, Christoph and Hannah Schneider as Hannes and Ludwina Schneider, and George Cleveland as Harvey D. Gibson recreate a photo of the figures they're portraying outside the Conway Scenic Railroad station for the annual "In Martha's Memory" re-enactment of Hannes Schneider and his family's 1939 arrival in North Conway on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fourth-graders from Tamworth, Madison and Freedom head from the train into the Conway Scenic Railroad station as part of the annual "In Martha's Memory" re-enactment of Hannes Schneider and his family's 1939 arrival in North Conway on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tom Eastman, portraying ski school director Benno Rybizka, shows a picture of Hannes Schneider during a re-enactors' presentation on the Conway Scenic Railroad train on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Susan Fox (right) presents Christoph and Hannah Schneider, portraying Hannes and Ludwina Schneider, outside the Conway Scenic Railroad station for the annual "In Martha's Memory" re-enactment of Hannes Schneider and his family's 1939 arrival in North Conway on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
CONWAY — Many local fourth-graders this week are getting to be part of ski history come to life, participating in a train ride and walking through a ski pole arch in North Conway’s Schouler Park just like Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider did Feb. 11, 1939.
On Tuesday, students from Tamworth, Freedom and Madison participated in a history lesson aboard the train. Today, pupils from Bartlett, Jackson and Northeast Woodland Public Chartered School ride the rails.
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