CONWAY — This coming Monday marks an 80th anniversary milestone in the annals of local ski history.
It was on Feb. 11, 1939, that the “father of modern skiing,” Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider (1890-1955) wife, Ludwina and children Herbert and Herta arrived at the North Conway Train Station from New York to teach at Cranmore after he was released from Nazi custody in Germany.
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