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Ketchum Idaho |
Ketchum came into being in the late 19th century as a shipping and smelting center for the mines of the Wood River Valley. It is now best known as the gateway to nearby Sun Valley and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
Ketchum is in Blaine County on Hwy 75, the Sawtooth Senic Byway.
Ernest Hemingway arrived in Sun Valley in 1939 to work on his novel, "For Whom The Bell Tolls." Hemingway is buried in Ketchum, where he died on July 2, 1961.
The Scott Ski Pole, an invention which helped revolutionize skiing, was invented by Ketchum's Edward Scott.
There is also a Ketchum, Oklahoma.
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