Sun Valley
Sun Valley
S0559800 (sŭn)Sun′ Val′ley
n.
| Noun | 1. | Sun Valley - a winter sports resort in south central Idaho |
| 单词 | sun valley | |||
| 释义 | Sun ValleySun ValleyS0559800 (sŭn)Sun′ Val′leyn.
Sun ValleySun Valley,mountain resort city (1990 pop. 938), alt. c.6,000 ft (1,830 m), Blaine co., S central Idaho; inc. 1967. It is a popular year-round resort with both winter and summer sports. It was founded as a ski resort in 1936 by W. Averell HarrimanHarriman, William Averell, 1891–1986, American public official; son of E. H. Harriman. Expanding his railroad inheritance, W. Averell Harriman became a banker and shipbuilder and later (1932) board chairman of the Union Pacific. ..... Click the link for more information. , then board chairman of the Union Pacific RR. The railroad purchased the land and built the resort to attract more passenger traffic to the West; it was the first ski resort to be built as a destination resort. In 1964 it was sold to a land-development corporation; in 1967, Bill Janss, a former Olympic skier, became sole owner. The Hemingway Memorial, on a bluff overlooking a swift-flowing trout stream, was dedicated in 1966. Sun Valley
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