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[[File:Pisgah%20rope%20tow.jpg|right|thumb||The first rope tow on Mount Pisgah was built in 1938 at [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Frank_Baker|Frank Baker]]|'s shop at [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/119_River_Street|119 River Street]]|;  was made from a Ford truck. A joint venture between [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Charlie_Keough|Charlie Keough]]| and '''|Hector Wood'''|, it was sold to the village and used for a number of years. [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/George_Ducket|George Ducket]]|, in knickers, and Charlie Keough, at right. ''[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Adirondack_Daily_Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]''|, August 31, 1996 ]]'''Born:'''
[[File:Pisgah rope tow.jpg|right|thumb||The first rope tow on Mount Pisgah was built in 1938 at ]][[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Frank_Baker|Frank Baker]]|'s shop at [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/119_River_Street|119 River Street]]|;  was made from a Ford truck. A joint venture between [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Charlie_Keough|Charlie Keough]]| and '''|Hector Wood'''|, it was sold to the village and used for a number of years. [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/George_Ducket|George Ducket]]|, in knickers, and Charlie Keough, at right. ''[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Adirondack_Daily_Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]''|, August 31, 1996 ]]'''Born:'''


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The first rope tow on Mount Pisgah was built in 1938 at

[Baker]|'s shop at [River Street]|;  was made from a Ford truck. A joint venture between [Keough]| and |Hector Wood|, it was sold to the village and used for a number of years. [Ducket]|, in knickers, and Charlie Keough, at right. [Daily Enterprise]|, August 31, 1996 ]]Born:

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Guy H. (Hector) Wood, known variously as Hector, Guy, and Woody, and Charlie Keough rigged a rope tow and ran the downhill area at Dewey Mountain from 1938 through 1940.  In 1941 and '42 Keough and Woods owned and operated the Sky View Ski area at [[1]]. The ski slope used a lift of Keough's design: a tree served as the deadhead while a rope ran off the rear wheels of Ford Truck through a pole and pulley system. The entire lift was powered by the V-8 engine of the Ford Truck.  World War II soon put an end to the operation.

In 1988 Guy H. Wood was a contractor living and working in Speculator, NY.

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