ralph samuelson
Big plans for big water skis
Jul 25, 2018
A committee operating under the Lake City Chamber of Commerce, has been meeting for several months on a project aimed at generating significant publicity for Lake City.
In 1922 Ralph Samuelson strapped a pair of 8-feet-long-by-9-inch-wide pine boards with curved tips to his feet, and with a rope...
TV segment on Samuelson skis airs April 26
Apr 24, 2018
A film crew from the television show “Mysteries of the Museum” sets up in the City Hall Ballroom in Lake City to film a segment about Ralph Samuelson’s water skis last December. Samuelson invented the sport of water skiing on Lake Pepin in 1922. The segment will air tonight (Thursday, April 26) at...
History researchers make unexpected discovery
Feb 7, 2018
A trio of Lake City men expected to find some history at the Minnesota History Center on Jan. 30.
Ben Threinen, Don Schwartz and Bill Stiene visited the center to look for photos of Ralph Samuelson for Threinen’s upcoming film about the water skiing pioneer.
After visiting the center’s Gale Family...
Samuelson’s skis filmed for TV series
Dec 27, 2017
A camera crew from the television series “Mysteries of the Museum” sets up in the City Hall ballroom in Lake City last week. The crew came to Lake City to film a segment about Ralph Samuelson’s water skis for an episode. Samuelson is credited with inventing the sport of water skiing on Lake Pepin...
Old Curmudgeon - 6-29-17
Jun 29, 2017
Another Water Ski Days is history.
The Old Curmudgeon has a dimly lit memory of meeting Ralph Samuelson when Ralph was in the Marigold Days Parade in Mantorville all those years ago. That was at some time in the last century!
A stroll through the park this past weekend was a reminder of how...
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