Young and old folks in Strafford have always enjoyed having winter recreation and skiing. at the Lion's rope tow on Harrington Hill and elsewhere. Possibly the first in Strafford to really embrace the idea of skiing was Rosa Tyson. An avid outdoors person, Rosa according to her grandnephew Sherm Wilson likely took up skiing in the 1930s.

"Harlow was Strafford's first beatnik". Harlow was definitely ahead of his time. An abstract artist and back-to-the-lander in the early 50s, he was a hard worker who also knew how to have fun.