Legends of Showdown · The Ski Club years, 1936–1956

1936 Jack Throckmorton first time at King's Hill in winterThrockmorton Collection · The History Museum, Great Falls, MT

Jack Throckmorton

Club president, and the Mile is his

Legend of Showdown

Born: 11 July 1918, Great Falls
First skied at Showdown: 1934, as a sophomore at Great Falls High School
First worked here: directing the Great Falls Ski Club's championship races from 1940
Years at Showdown: 1938–1974
Positions: Great Falls Ski Club — tournament committee chairman and chief judge, 1940
Director of the club's downhill and slalom championships, March 1940
President, Great Falls Ski Club, from October 1941 — and again in March 1951
Great Falls Ski Club board of directors, January 1950
Great Falls Ski Patrol, from January 1947
Director, Ski Lift, Inc. — 1956, 1962 and 1964
Director, Kings Hill Ski School, appointed 1 December 1968
Awards: National Ski Patrol appointment — membership card No. 882, one of the lowest in Montana
Throckmorton's Mile named for him, for his leadership in developing Kings Hill
Throck's Mile on the Great Falls Ski Club's 75th anniversary badge

What they did

4 entries

1941Timed the Great Falls Ski Club's championship races
March 1946Forerunner and timer at the Kings Hill tournament
1968Widened the Kings Hill Ski School's junior program to ages 8-18, adding bus transport, rental gear and reduced-rate instruction
Founded Allsports Supply Co. with Tony Dalich after returning from the Navy in 1945; ran it 22 years, selling the club's lift tickets, memberships and race entries

11 in the archive

5 documents

Jack Throckmorton’s scrapbook Club papers, membership records and cuttingsc.1937–1957 · pages 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 23, 28, 31, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76
Jim Hasterlik’s scrapbook Cover, 8 intro leaves, 43 pagesc.1937–1942 · pages 22, 38, 40
Ski Tow Incorporated Stock subscriptions — the founding list1956 · page 2
Montana Parade “Skiing In Montana”Sunday, 28 January 1962 · pages 2, 7
Kings Crier Vol. II, No. II — price 10¢4 December 1964 · page 1

Named for them Throckmorton's Mile — the longest and steepest run on the hill. The naming year is open, because it is tied to the contested year of the Poma
Named for them Throck's Mile, on the Great Falls Ski Club's 75th anniversary badge