Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 10, 1940
Caption:
THE GRAYLING WINTER SPORTS PARK in the Hanson Military Reserve provides the best example of the growing enthusiasm for winter sports in Michigan. On peak Sundays, this sports center will attract more than 3,000 visitors. Taken from the parking area, this picture shows the warming buildings at the left. On the hill beyond them a crowd is collected around the ski jump. To the right, on the hill is the toboggan take-off building: the four slides are just beyond the toboggan conveyor, which is the long line stretching down from the take-off building. The skating rink and other downhill ski runs are not shown.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 9, 1940
Caption:
TRUCKLOAD OF FUN-SEEKERS: They are packed in so tightly there is no room to sit down and bounced in an open truck with no protection from wind or snow, and they love it. This group is arriving at the Grayling Winter Sports Park, several miles west of town. Trucks and busses are pressed into service to meet the snow trains which frequently bring more than 1,000 persons to Grayling on a winter week-end. Arriving by train and private car, as many as 3,500 winter sports enthusiasts may visit Grayling on a snow season Sunday.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 8, 1940
Caption:
A CASE OF WET SOCKS: There's nothing like a hot stove after and enthusiastic frolic in the snow. Two buildings, each 26 by 90 feet, offer warmth, shelter and refreshments to winter sports enthusiasts at the Grayling Winter Sports Park who want to rest a while. Some one should tell this young lady, however, that it is possible to get winter sports garments that are water-proof.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 9, 1940
Caption:
HERE'S HOW PROMOTION'S HANDLED: Civilian Conservation Corps labor, under the supervision of the Michigan Department of Conservation and the National Park Service, builds the facilities at the Grayling Winter Sports Park, but the community promotes the project. Pictured above are the snow queen and her court, who preside over the sports events and help the park get publicity. The results of energetic promotion arrive in the form of the more than 16,000 visitors who come to the park during the course of the season.