December, 2005 - Alexandria, MN - Steve Pierce, ASCOA contributing editor penned an abbreviated history of the snowmobile for SnowTech Magazine's Vintage Rider column (Vol 38, No 4). Titled First Tracks, the article accurately summarized Trail-A-Sled, Inc.'s contributions, including forward-engine prototypes as early as 1962. Such a machine was featured in large contemporary photograph.