Cover Story

A Woodsy Time Line

NOVEMBER 1989
Cover Story
A Woodsy Time Line
NOVEMBER 1989

1909 DOC formed

1916 First hiking trail 'on Moosilauke

1920 Cabin & Trail formed

1922 Ski jump built

First downhill ski race in America (on Moosilauke)

1933 First ice sculpture on the Green

1935 Freshmen trips begin

1937 Winter Sports Division formed

1937 Legendary woodcraftsman Ross McKenney arrives

1939 Moosilauke Ravine Lodge opens

1947 First Woodsman's Weekend

1960 Winter Carnival focus of 90-minute CBS show

1970 Environmental Studies Division formed

1971 Women on freshman trips, square-dancing at Moosilauke

1976 C&T bicentennial canoe portage up Mt. Washington

1984 Dartmouth groups simultaneously ascend all 48 New Hampshire peaks higher than 4,000 feet

1987 "Urban" freshman trip in Boston

1989 "Intellectual" freshman trips