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SUMMARY:History\, Harriman\, and a Hike!
DESCRIPTION:Join local history buff Mary Pat Gunderson on a free hike on 
 the Aspen Loop at Proctor Mountain with plenty of stops where she'll share 
 her knowledge of Averell Harriman\, who had the idea behind creating the 
 United States' first destination ski resort. Harriman was much more than 
 the Chairman of the Board of the Union Pacific and the founder of Sun 
 Valley. While locally we may think of him almost entirely in terms of his 
 founding of Sun Valley\, in most biographies of Harriman\, Sun Valley is 
 hardly a mention. \n\nMary Pat will lead this hike and dive deep into 
 Harriman's time before and during World War II. There will be many stops 
 along the way where Mary Pat will share some fascinating\, fun\, and 
 titillating stories of Averell Harriman\, his daughter Kathleen Harriman\, 
 Pamela Digby Churchill (later to become Pamela Harriman)\, and the 
 background to their time together which influenced the outcome of World War 
 II. \n\nThis IS a hike\, with history sprinkled in. Please wear good hiking 
 shoes and sunscreen\, bring a water bottle and a hat. We'll do the "lower" 
 Aspen Loop on Proctor and meet at the Hemingway Memorial on Sun Valley Road 
 at 8:30. The hike is moderate and about 1.5 miles and will take about 2 
 hours.\n\nMary Pat Gunderson is a retired District Court judge from Des 
 Moines\, Iowa.  She was appointed to the bench in 2011 by Governor Branstad 
 and presided over all types of criminal and civil jury and non-jury trials. 
 Prior to being appointed to the bench she served as a magistrate and 
 assistant county attorney serving in the Major Offense Bureau where she 
 specialized in sexual assault prosecutions and child abuse cases. Upon 
 retiring she and her husband moved to the Wood River Valley in 2020\, where 
 Mary Pat is in the process of making a documentary based on some of the 
 powerful stories she heard while serving as a Judge in the 5th judicial 
 district of Iowa. When Mary Pat arrived in Sun Valley she started reading 
 and learning about Averell Harriman with a particular focus on his role in 
 WW II and the fascinating players in Sun Valley\, London\, Washington DC\, 
 and Moscow.\n\nAverell Harriman (left) and Steve Hannagan\, summer 1936. 
 Photo: The Community Library\, no. 00248.
LOCATION:Off-Site \, Off-Site
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Bretall":MAILTO:kbretall@comlib.org
CATEGORIES:Regional History
CONTACT;CN="Kristine Bretall":MAILTO:kbretall@comlib.org
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/14964652
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