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• The Johnny Seesaw property , 6.8 acres , was designated a National Historic District in 2008 because the business was a significant attraction at the dawn of the ski industry in Southern Vermont . Offering food , drink , entertainment , and accommodations , it served as a lodge as early as 1938 for skiers on nearby Bromley Mountain , which opened its first trail , the “ Bromley Run ,” two years prior .
• It is said that Seesaw ’ s was where some of its regular customers in the late ’ 30s cooked up a plan to launch the National Ski Patrol System , and among them was the organization ’ s first president Charles Minot “ Minnie ” Dole .
• Plus , you get extra points if you know this bit of national trivia about Seesaw ’ s : it claims to be the place where the idea was born to form the U . S . Army Tenth Mountain Division ( ski troops specially trained for winter combat in alpine conditions ), again thanks to Dole who lobbied the U . S . War Department for it in ’ 39 .
• As a place of employment , and as a popular and enduring hospitality venue , Johnny Seesaw ’ s played an important part in growing and sustaining the local and regional tourism economy .
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