Dartmouth Skiway, New Hampshire: the college's Lyme hill since 1956

The Dartmouth Outing Club, whose history is closely tied to the Skiway's origins, was established in 1909 by student Fred Harris to "stimulate interest in out-of-door winter sports," per Wikipedia. The Holts Ledge ski area, predecessor to today's Skiway, was formally dedicated on January 12, 1957, and its original base lodge, the Peter Brundage Lodge, was inaugurated on March 3, 1957, according to New England Ski History. Howard Chivers, a member of Dartmouth's class of 1939, served as the Skiway's first area manager; Donald Cutter, class of 1973, became manager in 1984. Dartmouth Skiway hosted the NCAA Skiing Championships in 1958 and again in 2003, per Wikipedia.

For the 1960-61 season, a T-bar -- the Mueller T-Bar, per New England Ski History -- was added to serve a novice slope. In 1968, a new trail pod opened across the street on Winslow Ledge, served by a double chairlift, per Wikipedia. In the 1977-78 season, the Skiway's original Poma lift was replaced with a Hall double chairlift; in the 1985-86 season, a $1 million snowmaking system covering 43 acres was installed, per New England Ski History; and in the 1993-94 season the Winslow double chairlift was replaced with a Garaventa quad chairlift. Dartmouth Skiway's own website describes the McLane Family Lodge, completed in 2001, as "the centerpiece of the Skiway base area"; it won the 2002 Excellence in Architecture Award from the New Hampshire Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. In 2008, the Dupre family donated $750,000 to fund snowmaking improvements, per New England Ski History.

The Lyme Inn's own website states it was "originally built in 1809" and currently operates as a bed and breakfast with nine guest rooms, five suites, and a standalone cottage. In the 1830s, stagecoaches traveling the old "Boston Turnpike" from Montreal passed through Lyme and stopped at the Lyme Inn, per Wikipedia's "Lyme, New Hampshire" article. The First Congregational Church's original 1815 steeple bell was cast by Paul Revere; it was later replaced with a bell cast by Henry N. Cooper & Co. of Boston, and the church's clock mechanism, from E. Howard & Co., strikes the hour, per the same source. Behind the church is a row of horse sheds dating from 1810; Wikipedia describes the 27 sheds standing today as "the longest line of contiguous horse sheds in New England, and possibly in the United States," each originally marked with its owner's name. The Lyme Common Historic District, encompassing the church and its surroundings, was established as the historic center of Lyme in 1781 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 1, 1988, per Wikipedia's "Lyme Common Historic District" article.