Drunkenness and Moralizing in the Early Park City
Alcohol was a famous component of daily life in the old American West, and the West’s miners…
Posts by Author: Adam Hickey
The Wildlife of Summit County
The many open spaces around Park City provide shelter and food for a wide variety of wildlife.…
Cousin Jack: Cornish Workers in Park City
Cornwall lies at the southwestern tip of Great Britain. Though it’s administered as a county of England…
The Home Front: Park City and Rationing during WWII
After the United States entered World War II in December 1947, the federal government implemented a national…
A Workingmen’s Party: Socialists in Park City
In the 20th century, unionized Park City miners sometimes became involved with radical left-wing politics, much to…
A Decade of Transformation
Park City underwent significant economic and social changes in the 1960s as it started evolving from a…
Political Signage in Park City
Like in the rest of the United States, politicians in Park City and Utah have often used…
Park City’s First Elections
Though Park City was small when it was incorporated in 1884, its politics were lively. Park City’s…
Challenging Election Results in 1885
In the late 19th century, Utah’s primary political parties were not the Democratic and Republican Parties, but…