I was a child of the 50's also. When it snowed, my dad would pull out the Cub Farmall Tractor and would wrap an old army blanket around the drawbar. My brother and I would kneel down on the blanket and hold on to the drawbar and Dad would pull us around and down the yard to make a sleighing path. My brother and I would then walk that path and tamp it down smooth and then we would get out our Flexible Flyer sleighs and have sleigh races......wheeeeeeeee was that fun!