The 1960 Lake Tahoe (Squaw Valley) Winter Olympics were full of firsts! 🏅
For the first time ever, the Winter Olympics featured Walt Disney as pageantry chair, the first nationwide TV broadcast (with instant replay invented!), the first Olympic Village, artificial ice for speed skating, electronic timing, and the debut of women's speed skating and the biathlon.
And did you know that you can actually snowshoe or cross-country ski the Olympic trail at Sugar Pine Point State Park?!
The 1960 Lake Tahoe (Squaw Valley) Winter Olympics were full of firsts! 🏅
For the first time ever, the Winter Olympics featured Walt Disney as pageantry chair, the first nationwide TV broadcast (with instant replay invented!), the first Olympic Village, artificial ice for speed skating,... See More
The 1960 Lake Tahoe (Squaw Valley) Winter Olympics were full of firsts! 🏅
For the first time ever, the Winter Olympics featured Walt Disney... See More
