Riding a Bucket in a Blizzard
Imagine this scene: it is winter 1916 and a heavy storm is dumping snow and ice onto…
Way We Were
The Changing Nature of Women in the Workforce
The Park City Museum is currently hosting The Way We Worked, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian…
The Way Women Worked
The Park City Museum is currently hosting The Way We Worked, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian…
The Way We Were: 1917
We bid 2017 goodbye on Sunday night. What can we say but, “what a year”? As is…
Paving the Way to a Modern City
While mining put Park City on the map, it took plenty of work over the years to…
The Erasure of a Community
The 1880s were a watershed decade for Chinese residents of the United States. The 1882 Chinese Exclusion…
Where the Action Was
Park City in the 1960s was a town in transition. As the mining industry was no longer…
The Tragedy of the Truscotts
“It seems almost a libel on our city government, on the fire department, and on the entire…
Six-thousand Dead Sheep
Does anyone know the Utah legend from 1968 about the thousands of sheep that mysteriously died in…
Working to Secure a Better Life
Howard Coleman came to Utah in search of a better life. As a black man and son…
Working Above Ground in a Mining Town
Park City was a town forged from the mines, but not everybody worked below ground. In order…
Strike Three
On November 17, 1941, a B-18 Army bomber fell from the sky above Park City, engulfed in…
A Silver Lining
Just after midnight on November 17, 1941, Park City witnessed the fatal crash of B-18 Army bomber…
A Hell of a Roar
As the old proverb says, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Unless it is a…
See Truths! Learn Facts!
“Not a Hollywood fantasy!” This poster from 1949, eye-catching with bright reds, yellows, and blues and big,…
The Dream Team
Welcome back to our second article on the Oak Saloon, one of Park City’s most popular saloons…
Beer and Ice Cream?
Beer and ice cream served at a saloon in Park City? Yes, as part of a unique…
A Cornish Miner’s Tragedy
Samuel Simmons was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England in 1869. As you may have read in this…
Cornish Connections in Park City
Cornwall has a very long history of mining. The region is located on the southeastern peninsula of…
A Jolly Jaunt to Brighton
Did you all get to take advantage of our beautiful surroundings this past summer? Hiking, mountain biking,…
More Tales of the Barn
Originally homesteaded by the Harrison McLane family in 1886, the farmland on SR 224 that also hosts…
Tales of the Barn
When Park City Municipal bought the McPolin Osguthorpe farm in 1990, I was newly elected to the…
Total Eclipse of the Sun
Are you doing anything for the eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017? Many people, Americans and international…
Difficult Decisions at the Height of Disaster
At 11:20pm, July 15, 1902, a powder magazine stored underground at the Daly West mine exploded. At…
Wager for a Long Walk
How far would you hike for $50? In 1913, Annie and Teenie Wilson, Mazie Kerr, and Freida…
Ella Brown, an Accomplished Young Parkite
Ella Naomi Brown was born to Park City police office Sam Brown and his wife Celestia on…
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Welcome back to our series following the history of the Union Pacific Depot, in its own words.…
Home Sweet Home
Readers, welcome back to our series on the history of the Union Pacific depot, now 660 Main…
The Lone Survivor
Being 131 years old I look and feel great, though it's a miracle that I am still…
The Aftermath of the Great Fire of 1898
Flames ravaged the town on June 19, 1898, as seen here from Hillside Avenue and upper Main…
Parkite Served in WWI Bakery Company
As you may have read in this column last time, William Neil and his mother Ellen moved…
The Neils of Norfolk Avenue
920 Norfolk is an example of T/L-cottage style of architecture. The style was popular in the 1890s,…
Deason’s Accident and Home
The house at 835 Norfolk Avenue started life as a standard T/L-cottage, typical of Park City’s mining-era…
The Pyramid on Norfolk Avenue
Park City’s mining-era homes reflect three distinct types of architectural styles: the hall-parlor home; the T-cottage; and…
Women and Alcohol
The Park City Museum’s current traveling exhibit titled “Spirited: Prohibition in America,” explores the history of American…
Poison is Unregulated
We might imagine the “Roaring ‘20s” and Prohibition as a time of excess and excitement. However, the…
I Will Do My Best
Showing much good sense, the 24-year-old Silver King Coalition Mine’s Master Mechanic Frank Stone married Park City’s…
Master Mechanic
An experienced carpenter working at the Silver King mine asked his novice assistant to get him some…
The Perfect Storm, part II
On Sunday, November 15, 1941 airmen of the 88th Reconnaissance Squadron based at Fort Douglas prepared their…
The Makings of a Perfect Storm
Those of us fortunate enough to live full-time in Park City are accustomed to severe and abrupt…