Ketchum’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Ketchum. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Originally the smelting center of the Warm Springs mining district, the town was first named Leadville in 1880. The postal department decided that was too common and renamed it for David Ketchum, a local trapper and guide who had staked a claim in the basin a year earlier. Smelters were built in the 1880s, with the Philadelphia Smelter, located on Warm Springs Road, processing large amounts of lead and silver for about a decade.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Ketchum’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ketchum’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIdaho - Kellogg through, 1941: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Ketchum
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Ketchum, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Idaho - Kellogg through (1941) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.