The next Fireside Chat will be presented in Yarmouth:

Monday, March 19 at 7 p.m.

Held at Yarmouth Town Hall (Community Room), Main Street

Hosted by the Yarmouth Historical Society

Contact is YHS executive director Amy Thompson: 846-6259

Maine's first ski lift was a rope tow on Jockey Cap in the town of Fryeburg in 1936. Photo from the glass plate negative collection of the Maine Historical Society. This is one of about 120 historic skiing images from the Ski Museum's Fireside Chat that will be hosted by the Yarmouth Historical Society on March 19.

This free presentation will be the first Fireside Chat in the series:

Down-Mountain and Cross-Country: 140 Years of Skiing in Maine. This slideshow is an overview that covers all facets of skiing over the entire time period, from the arrival of Scandinavian immigrants in 1870 to the present. It represents the broadest possible approach, with each topic covered at an elementary level.