920 Norfolk is an example of T/L-cottage style of architecture. The style was popular in the 1890s,…
The house at 835 Norfolk Avenue started life as a standard T/L-cottage, typical of Park City’s mining-era…
Park City’s mining-era homes reflect three distinct types of architectural styles: the hall-parlor home; the T-cottage; and…
The Park City Museum’s current traveling exhibit titled “Spirited: Prohibition in America,” explores the history of American…
We might imagine the “Roaring ‘20s” and Prohibition as a time of excess and excitement. However, the…
Showing much good sense, the 24-year-old Silver King Coalition Mine’s Master Mechanic Frank Stone married Park City’s…
An experienced carpenter working at the Silver King mine asked his novice assistant to get him some…
On Sunday, November 15, 1941 airmen of the 88th Reconnaissance Squadron based at Fort Douglas prepared their…
Those of us fortunate enough to live full-time in Park City are accustomed to severe and abrupt…
268 Main Street is one of Park City’s oldest buildings. Originally constructed in the early 1880s, it…
Many argued that the prohibition of intoxicating beverages, implemented throughout Utah in 1917 and nation-wide in 1920,…
The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic…
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act nicknamed Obamacare.…
In first couple of decades of Park City’s history, the town’s schooling system was limited. The first…
In 1902, Park City installed a bell in the tower at City Hall (now the Park City…
Throughout the early twentieth century, the Park Record would slip into its pages brief mentions of towns…
Pictured here is Lillian Keith, daughter of the mining millionaire David Keith, on her wedding day in…
We know next to nothing about Armendio Novario outside of the few details in the Park Record…
With Valentine’s Day coming up soon, we’re reminded that each generation has its own courting traditions. In…
The official renaming of Negro Bill Canyon near Moab last year received plenty of publicity. Far less…
“Terrible disaster has visited our camp leaving death and sorrow in its wake and casting a gloom…that…
In this final piece of our series covering the history of Deer Valley, we’ll see an overview…
Welcome back to our next article on the history of Deer Valley. Last week we discussed the…
Welcome back for another chapter on the history of Deer Valley before its ski resort days. In…
This past year has had some pretty spectacular ups and downs, no matter which way you look…
A cold breeze on your face, the sound of blades gliding on ice, a wintertime classic: ice…
In last week's article, "Food for Thought," we discussed the culinary connection between today's Deer Valley Cafe…
Welcome back to the next article in our series on the history of Deer Valley. Last week…
Park Record readers, welcome back to a series of articles discussing the history of Deer Valley. The…
Thanksgiving Day, November 1903, dawned unseasonably warm, “the most spring like…that Park City has ever had,” according…
The United States Marine Corps War Memorial is located on a high ridge overlooking the nation’s capital.…
Morning came early for Jim Murphy on Thursday, September 20, 1917. At daybreak, a bugler sounded reveille…
In honor of Veteran’s Day on November 11, we’re going to spend the next few weeks profiling…
Mines are dark, dank, and dangerous. When working the claustrophobic tunnels, it surely didn’t take much to…
Deep in the middle of the night in mid-July of 1882, men were roused from their sleep…
Unsettling stories of mysterious disappearances like those of Amelia Earhart or the lost colony of Roanoke have…
In November 1887, citizens of Park City were shocked to learn of the attempted poisoning murder of…
The Free and Accepted Masons are a fraternal organization providing men with opportunities for brotherhood, community service,…
“Development work is also being pushed from the Snake Creek tunnel side with a view of tapping…
Who owns the water in a drain tunnel dug by a mining company – the irrigation company…