Ketchum is a small town of about 3500 people in central Idaho, known primarily as being adjacent to Sun Valley, the first destination winter resort in the U.S. Ketchum was also the last home of Ernest Hemingway, Nobel prize winning author, as he took his own life there in 1961. He and his fourth wife, Mary, are buried in the Ketchum cemetery. Hemingway was a noted outdoorsman who enjoyed both fishing and hunting. He spent summers here, winters in either Cuba or Key West. I discovered that early TV actress Ann Sothern also lived in Ketchum and is also buried in the same cemetery. Probably very few remember this lady who starred in "Private Secretary" when TV was only black and white.
Sun Valley, population about 1800, was developed in 1936 by the Union Pacific Railroad. With the first chairlift in the world, the resort became very popular with Hollywood celebrities and the ultra wealthy from the East. It is still one of the best known ski resorts, having grown substantially over the years with various owners.
Both towns have numerous celebrity property owners with very impressive homes. Many are actually ranches that allow their wealthy owners to dabble in horse breeding.
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