Situated on 12 acres near the Silver Creek valley, this home was purchased by the Hemingways in 1959 after they were forced to leave Cuba abruptly. In 1961, Ernest Hemingway committed suicide in this residence with a shotgun.

In 1989, the home was bequeathed by Mary Hemingway to the Nature Conservancy with the request that the home and site be maintained as a wilderness preserve. However, this home is something of an anomaly for TNC, whose typical mission is not of historical preservation but of preservation of landscapes and ecosystems.

A board of directors at the Idaho Hemingway House Foundation maintains the location, and they are trying to make the home accessible as a writer's retreat or as a museum. However, residences of the surrounding affluent neighborhood are resistant to the traffic that either of those plans would bring. As of now, the home is vacant and as it was acquired in 1986.

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The Ketchum/Sun Valley Heritage & Ski Museum features a permanent Hemingway exhibit that features photos and memorabilia of the author's years in Idaho.

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After his death from a self-inflicted shotgun blast to the head, Ernest Hemingway was laid to rest at Ketchum Cemetery.

At the time of the funeral, the death was reported as "accidental." Hemingway had received several treatments of electroshock therapy at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN prior to his suicide.

One of the theories of Hemingway's physical and mental deterioration is the genetic disease hemochromatosis, an afflication that inhibits the metabolization of iron. This disease was diagnosed in Hemingway in 1961 and compounded by heavy drinking. Hemingway's brother, Leicester, and sister, Ursula, also committed suicide.

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Located amid the pristine mountains of the historic Wood River Valley, Ernest Hemingway Elementary is named after the writer who made his home in the area.

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Now called Whiskey Jacques, this bar was formerly a quasi-legal casino known as the Alpine Club. Ernest Hemingway used to visit the location to drink and gamble while he lived in Idaho. Mary Hemingway described the place as "very gay and fun."

About seven blocks from here is a school named after Hemingway, the Ernest Hemingway Elementary School.

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