Wallingford, Vermont Snowshoes Fred Cox spliced two moistened strips of raw-hide, drew the joint snug against the frame of the snowshoe he was working on, and wove it diagonally through a latticework of rawhide strips that looked like strands of flat, uncooked pasta. Cox, 67, was at work at the shop of Vermont Tubbs, Inc. Wallingford, VT., one of the oldest U.S. snowshoe manufactures, and as his fingers flew he reminisced. "I started lacing snowshoes in 1942, during the war," he said. "That was a busy time. We made thousands of shoes for the Army. I retired five years ago but I couldn't stand the inactivity, so I came back, part-time.  I lace four pairs of shoes an hour. I just do the body of the shoe: the toe and heel sections are done by someone else." The rest of the story is available at the museum.

Come in and see more snow shoes along with information on the White Pass Ski area. While at the museum see the other displays.

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