The Last Dance
Sundance Film Festival is leaving Park City after over 40 years in Utah. No longer will the…
Posts by Author: Dalton Gackle
The Hippies Invade
When United Park City Mines decided to pivot and open a ski resort in town, Parkites were…
All in Just One Year!
This year was an eventful one for the Museum (as always!). As part of our usual routine,…
Lighting Up Main
Plenty of towns around the world have Christmas traditions, ranging from large festivals to Christmas markets to…
Halloween Fun Gets Organized
Today, one of Park City's biggest events – especially post-Miners’ Day – is Halloween on Main and…
Park City’s First Paid Fire Chief
The Park City Fire District is set to celebrate their 50th anniversary this fall. What follows is…
A Gridiron Legend
Happy football season to all those who celebrate the freshly cut grass, the crunch of shoulder pads…
Park City’s Landlord
In recounting the stories of Park City’s significant Chinese population and Chinatown, the focus is often on…
Telling Park City’s Mining History
Today, there are plenty of articles and books floating around telling Park City’s history. But it wasn’t…
The Town Turnip
The Park City Museum Historic Home Tour (on Upper Main Street and Daly Avenue this year) will…
Sixty and Counting
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Treasure Mountain Inn! And 2025 also marks their second…
Working Through High School in the 1950s
Park City High School is letting out this week and the students are on to their summers,…
The French Quarter at Park City Mountain
Ski season is coming to a close, and while last year marked Park City Mountains’ big 60th…
Hanukkah’s History in Park City
Hanukkah has several accepted spellings (Hanukah, Chanukah, Hannukah, etc.). For this article, we will be spelling it…
Black Bears as Pets and in Bets
Bears, especially black bears, were much more abundant and commonly seen in the Wasatch Mountains in Park…
Mel Has Got to Jump
Born and bred Parkite Mel Fletcher was an integral figure in developing Park City’s early skiing ventures.…
Photo Op on the Judge Tramway
Park City had three aerial tramway systems serving different mining operations. The most prominent was the Silver…
Halloween from its Origins to Park City
Halloween has its earliest origins with the ancient Celtic festival Samhain, which took place on October 31…
Full of Character
Carrie Vivian Hodgson arrived in Park City in 1904 and ran a jewelry store at 363 Main…
An Olympic Memory
Another Olympics is on the horizon for Park City, and while it may seem like yesterday, our…
When Did Skiing Arrive in Park City? Part 2
This is the second article covering Park City’s earliest skiers. The first ran on January 24. The…
When Did Skiing Arrive in Park City? Part 1
Often, we attribute the title of Park City’s first skier to Emmett “Bud” Wright, who used skis…
The West’s Newest and Finest Playland
This is the third Way We Were article covering the 60th Anniversary of Park City Mountain Resort.…
Stealing the Show
On December 27, 1950, happy faces of Park City High School (PCHS) band members emerged from bus…
Remember This Date
This is the second Way We Were article covering the 60th Anniversary of Park City Mountain Resort.…
Park City Reacts to the Attack on Pearl Harbor
“What tragic, criminal, treacherous, appalling changes have come to this great country of ours since we went…
Solon Spiro Gets Married
Solon Spiro is best known in Park City for his development of the Silver King Consolidated Mine…
Mentions of Mexicans in Park City
Over the years, Park City has had many people of Spanish descent make their home here –…
A Tramway and A Ski Lift
A frequent question we get or myth we hear at the Museum is about whether the Town…
The Durkin Boarding House
One of only a few boarding houses from any part of town to survive until today, the…
A High School for Park City
Starting out as a boomtown meant that Parkites had to create and build many of the necessary…
A Park City High School Experience in the 1940s
The following is an excerpt from an oral history the author conducted with Howard Berry, Jr., who…
History Lived
Many people can reminisce about the history through which they have lived. This writer, for example, has…
Piecing Together A Home
The following is an excerpt from an oral history with three of the Sundstrom children (Doris, Patricia,…
Political Violence
Politics are not often polite. And that phenomenon is not unique to today (or just the U.S.).…
A Neighborhood of Tragedy
Content warning for description of injuries. The Park City Museum’s Annual Historic Home Tour returns on June…
Investing in the Ontario Mine
The Park City Museum is hosting a lecture called “Marcus Daly’s Utah Years” given by attorney and…
Webb: The Town Photographer
Kendall Webb, born in West Virginia, moved to Park City in 1946. Prior to that, he worked…
Two Worlds Coming Together
One of Park City’s most unique buildings sits at the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Heber…
Making A Difference
Meeche White grew up with three cousins who are deaf. Her experiences with them in school gave…