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SUMMARY:Wood River Valley's Mining Legacy: From Mining Center To Ski Area
DESCRIPTION:The discovery of galena ore in 1879 led to a silver rush in 
 1880\, bringing thousands of hopefuls into the Wood River Valley to seek 
 their fortunes\, opening mines and forming towns up and down the valley 
 from Galena in the north and Bellevue in the south. Two enterprises turned 
 the Valley into a major silver producing center: the Philadelphia Smelter 
 that opened in 1882 and a Union Pacific Railroad Branch built from Shoshone 
 to Hailey in 1883. Today\, many abandoned mines can be found throughout the 
 area\, evidence of a major industry that eventually led to the development 
 of the Sun Valley Resort.\n\nJoin lawyer\, author and historian John W. 
 Lundin as he discusses the legacy of the Wood River Valley’s mining 
 industry\, from its early days to the opening of the Sun Valley Resort\, 
 the country’s first destination ski resort\, in 1936. This lecture is 
 presented by The Community Library's Wood River Museum of History   Culture 
 in coordination with the City of Ketchum's Wagon Days Events. 
 \n\nRegistration recommended to join us in person.\n\nTo watch online (no 
 registration needed) visit: https://vimeo.com/event/5130513. The recording 
 will be available to watch later on our Event Archive.\n\nJohn W. Lundin is 
 a lawyer\, historian and author\, a founding member of the Washington State 
 Ski and Snowboard Museum\, Vice President of the North American Snowsports 
 Journalists’ Assoc. (NASJA)\, and splits his time between Seattle and Sun 
 Valley.  He is the author of numerous magazine and journal articles and 
 four award winning books: Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass (2017)\; Sun 
 Valley\, Ketchum and the Wood River Valley (2020)\; Skiing Sun Valley: a 
 History from Union Pacific to the Holdings (2020)\; and Ski Jumping in 
 Washington State: a Nordic Tradition. In 2021\, Skiing Sun Valley won 
 NASJA’s Harold S. Hirsch Award for Excellence in Snowsports Journalism\, 
 a Skade award from the International Ski Heritage Assoc.\, and the Western 
 Ski Heritage award from the Far West Ski Association.  In 2023\, John won a 
 second Western Ski Heritage award for his multi-year work to preserve 
 “Ski Jumping History\, Expressing Norwegian Identity\, and its Role in 
 the Development of Skiing in America.” John helped organize two exhibits 
 on ski jumping:  “Sublime Sights: Ski Jumping in Nordic America”at the 
 National Nordic Museum in Seattle in 2021\; and “Skiers in Flight: Sun 
 Valley’s Ski Jumping Roots” at The Community Library's Regional History 
 Museum (now the Wood River Museum of History and Culture) in Ketchum in 
 2022. John writes a regular history column for Eye on Sun Valley\, has made 
 a series of TV shows with them\, and helped make a TV show for the Idaho 
 Experience series on Idaho Public TV\, “Tracks of Time: The History of 
 Idaho’s Railroads.”
LOCATION:John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall\, The Community Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Conversations, Regional History
CONTACT;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
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