How We Understand the Settlement of the American West
Few historical figures have been as revered in the collective American imagination as Meriwether Lewis and William…
Posts by Author: Hanna M. Howard
Park City Museum: A Year Gone By and a Year to Come
The Park City Museum has had a wonderful year (and decade)! Along with celebrating our 35th birthday,…
The Frozen Cornish Pump
The Ontario Mine, prospected in 1872, was an incredibly successful silver mine in Park City thanks to…
Park City Woman’s Athenaeum Celebrated Right to Vote
Park City Woman’s Athenaeum member Margaret Jennings, far left, with her sister Winnie, far right, and others.…
Utah Women Led the Fight for Voting Rights
The United States has a major milestone to celebrate in 2020: the ratification of the 19th Amendment.…
Death Knocks at the Door
The lore of Tommy Knockers was so integrated into Park City’s mining history, one jeweler decided to…
Death Shrouded in Mystery
Albert Holindrake, furthest left, sitting, and his family in 1906. His wife, Nancy, and his children were…
The Swimming Pools of Park City’s Past
Children enjoy the Park City Racquet Club’s swimming pool during the summer of 1988. The year before,…