Solon Spiro Gets Married
Solon Spiro is best known in Park City for his development of the Silver King Consolidated Mine…
Posts by Author: Dalton Gackle
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…
Craig Badami’s Impact
Park City has seen its share of world class skiers and snowboarders over the years – we…
The Mystery of Park City’s First Ore Discovery
Park City was known, of course, for our rich silver deposits long before we could co-lay claim…
Park City Museum: A Year in Review
Two-thousand twenty-two was an excellent year for the Park City Museum in all aspects of our organization.For…
More than Peanuts and Crackerjacks
In their book accompanying the Smithsonian traveling exhibit ¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues /…
A Party in the Dungeon
Each year, the Park City Museum hosts an annual membership party and fundraiser for all its members.…
Howard M. Berry Recalls Stores About Town in the 30s and 40s
The following is an excerpt from an oral history conducted by Dalton Gackle with interviewee Howard M.…
Lucky to Live
On September 15, 1916, members of the Summit County Democrats were on their way from Park City…
Jail Break
In May, we put out an article on Alex Hamlin, who was a barber in Park City…
The Drunken Doctor
This is the ninth and final article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Many Parkites…
Mayors’ Daughter Nearly Kidnapped
This is the eighth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. By 1926, Prohibition was…
Ski Era Just As Important
Recreation and tourism, most notably skiing, are incredibly significant and relevant to the history and development of…
What England Knew
The Park City Museum is hosting a traveling exhibit called “Viewed From Afar: European Prints of the…
Prohibition Peters Out
This is the seventh article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Raids in Park City…
The Park Record Grows Frustrated with Prohibition Violation
This is the sixth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “Ever since Prohibition went…
The Governor’s Undercover Brother and the W.R. Jefford Saga
This is the fifth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. W.R. Jefford, born 1875…
Barber, Brawler, and Bootlegger Alex Hamlin
This is the fourth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Alex Hamlin, referred to…
Prohibition Pays
This is the third article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “The prohibition law ……
The Park Record Pleads for Prohibition
This is the second article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “Park City is ‘dry,’…
Prohibition Approaches Park City
This is the first article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Nationwide Prohibition was ratified…
The King of All Indoor Sports
Said one old timer Parkite, given the pseudonym Pat by the Park Record in a 1979 story,…
Going Downhill Is All Right with the Kids
Today, Park City is a winter sports hub. Before the ski resorts we see today, Parkites could…
A Valentine’s Tragedy
Charles “Chuck” Lloyd purchased the Egyptian Theater in 1948 from John and Eliza Rugar, though there were…
Park City’s Most Prominent Athlete
John Leo “Jack” McKissick was born on September 6, 1918 in Park City. A stocky, but athletic…
A Face Not Your Own
Last week, we discussed minstrelsy in Park City and established how its use of blackface makeup and…
Burnt Cork Fanatics
While actors using blackface and racialized stereotypes dates back to at least the Middle Ages, the advent…
The Changes We See
October is often when skiers begin to prepare for the upcoming season – planning trips, buying passes,…