March 22, 2019
One of my underwriters in Sun Valley, Idaho told me that it is cloudy now, but snow is on the way for this weekend. In years past there have been years when spring was well on its way here in central Minnesota on the fourth Friday in March. Not this year. The forecast is for fifty eight degrees by Wednesday of next week. Our hearts go out to all those that are experience floods.
Sun Valley was discovered by Count Felix Schaffgotsch about 80 years ago. Averell Harriman, the chairman of the Union Pacific Railroad, had asked the Count to go west and try to find a suitable site for the creation of a ski resort similar to those that he had visited in Europe. The railroad needed “destination places” to encourage rail travel. The Count was advised to take a trip to Ketchum, Idaho, a mining town in central Idaho. Upon arrival, the Count wired Harriman, “This area combines more delightful features than any place I have seen in Switzerland, Austria or the United States for a winter resort.”
Within days they purchased a 4,300 acre ranch and the Sun Valley Resort opened in the winter of 1936. The “chair lift” was invented in Sun Valley. You can visit www.sunvalley.com for information on the resort. When you get there be sure to tune in to KWRV 91.9 Classical MPR.
Live from Here is a rebroadcast this week. Last week’s show was awesome. You can always listen to old shows at livefromhere.org
The first Downtown St. Cloud Art Crawl of the year is tonight. Be sure to check it out and maybe you can still get tickets to Mary Poppins, presented by Saint John’s Prep Theatre at The Paramount Center for the Arts. Paramountarts.org The show opens tonight.
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his or her life by altering the attitude of the mind.” William James
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