Olympic Prestige for Park City
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, much of which was…
Posts by Author: Larry Warren
Bidding for an Olympics
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, much of which was…
Emmett “Bud” Wright Put Parkites on Skis
You no doubt have stopped between the front of the Park City Museum and Dolly’s Bookstore to…
Edward LeCompte, Pioneer Doctor to All
When the 1918 flu epidemic reached Park City, the town went under quarantine at the insistence of…
Echoes of the 1918 Spanish Flu Appear Today
School closed, public gatherings banned, restaurants and businesses shuttered, people sick in our community from a new…
Park City Museum Celebrates 10 Years in Expanded Space
We have now been open in our expanded museum space for a full ten years! We would…
Park City Was Late to the American Backyard Experience
When WWII ended, America was on the cusp of a new lifestyle. The booming war economy ended…
“The Whites Want Everything”
The story of the settlement of Utah is most often told as the story of the Mormons,…
Park City Saloons
Joe Minetti tending bar at the Minetti and DeAngelis saloon in February 1916 according to the calendar…
Park City’s Hot, Wet, Gold Mine
In Park City’s first century, its fame was based on mining, not skiing. And it was most…
From Seaside to Slopeside: America’s Amusements
Coney Island stirs up images and memories of a place known worldwide, either by those who went…
Silver and Snow
In 2001, with the Winter Olympics approaching in a matter of months, Park City Historical Society Director…
The Hazards of a Big Winter
In a big snow year like this one, those of us who live in mountains know the…
Chaos at Silver Creek
The figures for mineral production in the Park City Mining District are substantial. The Utah Geological Survey…
The March of Progress
By the time the last Park City mine shut down in 1982, the Park City Mining District…