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The Community Library
The Community Library is a public library in Ketchum, Idaho. The library is privately funded and open to the public. The Gold Mine Thrift Store has been a source of funding for the library since its inception. The library also operates the Wood River Museum of History and Culture, the Gold Mine Consign, and the Ernest and Mary Hemingway House and Preserve. In 2024 The Community Library received the "Library of the Year" award from the Idaho Library Association for its advocacy work for libraries during the previous State Legislative session. History The Community Library Association was founded in 1955 by 17 women as a non-profit organization to create a privately-funded and governed library. Founders include Clara Spiegel, Anita Gray and Jeanne Rodger Lane. The women first opened the Gold Mine Thrift Store in a commons:File:Gold_Mine_History.png, log cabin to earn funds to build a library to serve Ketchum, Sun Valley, Idaho, Sun Valley, and Triumph, Idaho, Triumph. The first li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketchum, Idaho
Ketchum is a city in Blaine County, Idaho, United States. Located in the central part of the state, the population was 3,555 at the 2020 census, up from 2,689 in 2010. Located in the Wood River Valley, Ketchum is adjacent to Sun Valley and the communities share many resources: both sit in the same valley beneath Bald Mountain, with its skiing. The city also draws tourists to its fishing, hiking, trail riding, tennis, shopping, art galleries, and more. The airport for Ketchum, Friedman Memorial Airport, is approximately south in Hailey. History Originally the smelting center of the Warm Springs mining district, the town was first named Leadville in 1880. The postal department decided that was too common and renamed it for David Ketchum, a local trapper and guide who had staked a claim in the basin a year earlier. Smelters were built in the 1880s, with the Philadelphia Smelter, located on Warm Springs Road, processing large amounts of lead and silver for about a decade. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
