Park City was known, of course, for our rich silver deposits long before we could co-lay claim…
Two-thousand twenty-two was an excellent year for the Park City Museum in all aspects of our organization.For…
In their book accompanying the Smithsonian traveling exhibit ¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues /…
Each year, the Park City Museum hosts an annual membership party and fundraiser for all its members.…
The following is an excerpt from an oral history conducted by Dalton Gackle with interviewee Howard M.…
On September 15, 1916, members of the Summit County Democrats were on their way from Park City…
In May, we put out an article on Alex Hamlin, who was a barber in Park City…
This is the ninth and final article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Many Parkites…
This is the eighth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. By 1926, Prohibition was…
Recreation and tourism, most notably skiing, are incredibly significant and relevant to the history and development of…
The Park City Museum is hosting a traveling exhibit called “Viewed From Afar: European Prints of the…
This is the seventh article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Raids in Park City…
This is the sixth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “Ever since Prohibition went…
This is the fifth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. W.R. Jefford, born 1875…
This is the fourth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Alex Hamlin, referred to…
This is the third article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “The prohibition law ……
This is the second article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “Park City is ‘dry,’…
This is the first article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Nationwide Prohibition was ratified…
Said one old timer Parkite, given the pseudonym Pat by the Park Record in a 1979 story,…
Today, Park City is a winter sports hub. Before the ski resorts we see today, Parkites could…
Charles “Chuck” Lloyd purchased the Egyptian Theater in 1948 from John and Eliza Rugar, though there were…
John Leo “Jack” McKissick was born on September 6, 1918 in Park City. A stocky, but athletic…
Last week, we discussed minstrelsy in Park City and established how its use of blackface makeup and…
While actors using blackface and racialized stereotypes dates back to at least the Middle Ages, the advent…
October is often when skiers begin to prepare for the upcoming season – planning trips, buying passes,…
We are delighted to announce the selection of Morgan Pierce as our new Executive Director! Chosen after…
This story is continued from last week. After episode 9 of The Last Dance aired, everyone wanted…
June 11, 1997. Any Utah Jazz fan alive at the time remembers. And current fans surely know…
Coal was an important resource for mining communities. Not only for the mines and their machines, but…
Joe Brandl was a popular figure in Park City from the 1890s through 1910. A butcher for…
George Wanning was a prominent member of Park City in the 1900s, owning a saloon on Main…
Perhaps no year is more relevant than this one to take a look back at Thanksgiving 1918,…
The Park City Museum recently hosted a lecture on a series of murders in Park City, the…
When thinking about film in Park City, most people imagine the Sundance Film Festival, or perhaps the…
It was only open for a few years; yet the Park City Silver Mine Adventure, where visitors…
Next Wednesday, September 16, Park City Museum members will visit the site of the Nelson Queen Mine…
In late May 1907, The Silver King Mining Company was no more. Born was the Silver King…
Despite March Madness being canceled this year, we can still talk about basketball. Basketball’s invention is credited…
Bill Tatomer, Dick Olsen, Jeff Smith, Marty Cowin, Scott Evans, Les Gurski, Trent Leavitt, Barney Murnin, David…
Sex work was an active business in Park City from the 1880s until 1955. The most well-known…