The Growth of the Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival got its start as the Utah/US Film Festival in September 1978 at Trolley…
Posts by Author: Janet Spence Holland
Stationed at Pearl Harbor
The first peacetime draft in the history of the United States commenced on September 16, 1940 in…
Fascination with Early Aviation
“Aviation, the word that charms the multitude – that thrills the heart – that crowds the grandstand.…
A Brief History of Cannabis in Park City
Situated mostly at altitudes surpassing 7,000 feet – as the t-shirts in the window displays exclaim –…
Thanksgiving 1946
Thanksgiving fell on November 28 in 1946. It was the first full year following the end of…
A Look At Park City’s Hispanic and Latino Migration
The presence of Hispanic people in Utah dates back to the early 1500s when the area was…
Letters from World War II
During World War II, Parkites kept informed of war events primarily via newpapers, radio broadcasts and newsreels…
The Park City Miners’ Strike of 1919
On May 4, 1919 approximately one thousand Park City miners joined forces with organized labor to embark…