Northeast of Sun Valley on Trail Creek Road is the Ernest Hemingway Memorial. Overlooking Trail Creek, the memorial was established in 1966 by Hemingway's family and friends.

The inscription on the plaque of the memorial reads:
"Best of all he loved the fall
the leaves yellow on cottonwoods
leaves floating on trout streams
and above the hills
the high blue windless skies
…Now he will be a part of them forever."

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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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Established in 1876 (the same year as Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn), the Horton Bay General Store has been the hub of commerce and social life in the area for well over a century.

Ernest Hemingway used to frequent the store with his father while the family vacationed at their cottage, Windmere. The store seems to be a model for many of the general stores in Hemingway's stories including "Up in Michigan" and "The Last Good Country." The Horton Bay General Store displays various photos and memorabilia celebrating the writer.

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Built in 1878, the Red Fox Inn was one of the first homes built in the area. It was later converted into a restaurant, and Hemingway recounted his drive from the Inn to his family's cabin on Walloon Lake after his wedding in his book On Writing.

Today, the Red Fox Inn also features a bookstore that specializes in Hemingway titles and memorabilia.

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For the first twenty-two summers of his life, Ernest Hemingway would spend the summers at his family cottage on Walloon Lake in northwest Michigan, nicknamed "Windemere."

Here is where Ernest learned to hunt and fish from his father, and where he began to write fiction.

The Ernest Hemingway Cottage was added to the National Historic Landmark and Register list in November of 1968. Today, the cottage is on private land and is not accessible by the public.

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