Sun valley, ketchum, and the wood river valley / John Lundin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lundin, John, 1943- author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Wood River Valley (Idaho)--History--Pictorial works.

Wood River Valley (Idaho).

Blaine County (Idaho)--History--Pictorial works.

Blaine County (Idaho).

Sun Valley (Idaho)--History--Pictorial works.

Sun Valley (Idaho).

Ketchum (Idaho)--History--Pictorial works.

Ketchum (Idaho).

Idaho--Blaine County.

Idaho--Ketchum.

Idaho--Sun Valley.

Idaho--Wood River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Corolina : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2020.

Summary:

"Sun Valley and Ketchum are in Idaho's Wood River Valley, gateway to backcountry and wilderness areas. Settlers first arrived in the early 1880s, attracted by a silver rush....In 1936, during the Great Depression, Union Pacific board chairman Averell Harriman built Sun Valley, the country's first destination ski resort... Sun Valley offered a lavish lifestyle, a luxurious lodge, Austrian ski instructors, and chairlifts invented by Union Pacific engineers. Known as America's St. Moritz, it was a magnet for beautiful people and serious skiers. It had a monopoly on grandeur for decades and influenced ski areas that developed later..."--Back cover.

Contents:

Wood River Valley's mining origins

Early settlement

The Oregon Short Line Railroad arrives in 1883

Agriculture becomes the Valley's economic base

Ketchum before the arrival of Sun Valley

the Union Pacific opens Sun Valley in 1936.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439670347

143967034X