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Watch our recent talk by Conevery Bolton Valencius on the history and continuing impact of the 19th century earthquakes in the Mississippi Valley.

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Day drinking (or socializing, if you’d prefer) on Proctor Mountain, circa 1937. From the Union Pacific Publicity Department records.

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Enjoy Brenda Powell’s recent talk discussing her pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago!

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A party of campers relaxing near Pioneer Cabin in the Pioneer Mountains, circa 1955.

From the Union Pacific Publicity Department records.

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The Helman family, camping at Russian John’s camp, north of Ketchum, circa 1900.

From the Julia Massey Beaman papers.

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Watch our recent talk on the leadership and legacies of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, delivered by Ronald L. Hatzenbuehler, Professor Emeritus at Idaho State University.

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Local journalist Roberta McKercher, who wrote for the Wood River Journal for 64 years.  A community leader, ‘Bert’ as she was affectionately known, wrote the column “Blaine Talk’ and lived in the Ezra Pound house in Hailey, where the poet was born.  McKercher often opened the home to Pound admirers, including Allen Ginsberg, who she hosted for tea in 1993. The Roberta McKercher park in Hailey is named in her honor.

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Unidentified attendees at a picnic in the Wood River Valley, date unknown.

From the Wood River Journal records.

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The Community Library recently hosted a Sexual Harassment Training led by the Advocates, a Wood River Valley non profit working to prevent emotional and physical abuse through education, shelter, and support services.

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A family camping in central Idaho, circa 1910.  Photographed by Martyn Mallory.

From the  Jeanne Lane Moritz papers.

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Check out our recent talk by Matthew Johnston, on the work of Thomas Moran!

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The birthplace of Ezra Pound, in Hailey, Idaho. Photographed in 1995.

Though Pound's time in Hailey was brief, his legacy lives on through the Ezra Pound house. Journalist and community leader Roberta McKercher lived in the house for many years, and would open it to admirers of Pound who made pilgrimages to the house, including the poet Allen Ginsberg during his 1993 visit to the Wood River Valley. The house is now owned by the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, which offers workshops, classes, and small lectures in the space.

From the Wood River Journal records.

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Staff posing on the diving board of the Sun Valley Inn pool, circa 1955.

From the Union Pacific Publicity Department collection

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Check out a recording of our recent discussion with Sports Commentator Tim Ryan!

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A great article by local journalist Peter Jensen about the colonialist and Eurocentric ways we commemorate and document history in Idaho.

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Sun Valley Resort founder Averell Harriman at the Sun Valley rodeo.  The Sun Valley rodeo was initiated by the Union Pacific railroad in 1937 but ran regularly for only two years before World War II and only sporadically after the war until the stands were demolished in the 1950s.

From the Union Pacific publicity department records.

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Check out our recent event at The Community Library featuring Sun Valley Summer Symphony Director Alasdair Neale and Symphony projection designer David Murakami.