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Snow Closed the Sierra. A Farmer on 10-Foot Skis Carried California's Mail Anyway.

In 1856 John A. Thompson began skiing the mail 90 miles over the Sierra from Placerville, California, with no blanket and no overcoat.

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Snow Closed the Sierra. A Farmer on 10-Foot Skis Carried California's Mail Anyway.

In 1856 John A. Thompson began skiing the mail 90 miles over the Sierra from Placerville, California, with no blanket and no overcoat.

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