The Madam of Park City
Our series on women’s history would be remiss not to touch upon prostitution. It was a fact…
Way We Were
Women’s Athenaeum Club of Park City
In recognition of Women’s History Month, we’ve been learning about women in Park City. Today we look…
“Let the Beauty of Your Adornment Be the Workmanship of Your Own Hands”
The Industrial Revolution produced new technologies that rapidly changed everyday lives in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Inventions…
“She Seeks to Excel”: A Month-long Look at Women’s History
March has been designated Women’s History Month since 1987. This month’s series of “Way We Were” articles…
Park City’s Snowball Express
Thanks for coming back to learn about the history of “ski trains” in Park City. Preparations for…
Park City Ski Trains, All Aboard!
Dating back to the 1930s, Park City promoted itself as a destination for winter sports. The Salt…
Presidents and the Park
In honor of President’s Day next Monday, let’s look at Park City’s presidential connections. Our local history…
In Plain Sight
Everyone parking off Swede Alley behind the Marsac Municipal Building should know there are two remnants of…
What is a Solid Muldoon?
The name of the Deer Valley ski run “Solid Muldoon” comes from a Park City mining claim…
How More Ski Runs at Treasure Mountains (Now PCMR) Were Named
Last week’s article on Park City ski runs and lifts focused on names inspired by Park City’s…
How Ski Runs at Treasure Mountains (Now PCMR) Were Named
While last week we looked at Deer Valley, this week explores the history of run and lift…
The Names of Deer Valley
In 1982, Edgar Stern opened Deer Valley. He insisted that the area’s history and mining heritage be…
Park City in 1915
As 2015 draws to a close, we recognize that, like any year, it had its ups and…
Resurrection
In the previous two articles we confirmed the Mayflower’s "unique" history in the Park City Mining District.…
Golden Years for the Mayflower Mine
Thanks for joining us for the second installment in this three-part series on the Mayflower, Park City’s…
The Most Unique Mine in Park City
Most of us driving to or from Heber City pay little attention to exit eight off Route…
Did Butch Cassidy rob the Oak Saloon?
There were over twenty bars on Park City's Main Street in the early 1900s. Of them all,…
Thanksgiving, Compliments of Wells Fargo
In the classic musical, The Music Man, the residents of River City rush the streets with shouts…
Thomas Kearns, More than a Mine Owner
Thomas Kearns may be remembered best in Park City as a wealthy mine owner (and namesake of…
Fighting to be Flu-free
As you read here last week, Park City did not escape the “Spanish flu” pandemic that ravaged…
Pandemic arrives in the Park
For those unfamiliar with details of the 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic here are some statistics: it affected…
The Widow’s Walk
Everyone loves ghost stories, especially when they’re true. One of Park City’s spine-tingling tales is the story…
Murder (?) on the Utah Central
When it comes to the story of Edward Rowan’s life and death, we have only the barest…
The Bullet Complex
Marie Arthur, our “woman slayer” from last week, was back in the headlines in 1916, just over…
Murder and All That Jazz
Ten years before Chicago’s Murderess Row inspired the play, and later musical, Chicago, Park City had its…
Gone but Not Forgotten
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) was one of two railroads that served Park City in…
Park City’s Grand Opera House
As Park City grew from an up-and-coming camp into a successful mining town, theaters, opera houses, and…
Maritime Disaster Touches Park City
As introduction to this article I would like to acknowledge three people who provided the impetus -…
A Smashing Good Time
Whether it’s racing them, fixing them, or simply taking them out for Sunday drives through the country,…
Miners’ Union Day
Parade, festivities, mucking and drilling contest…no Miner’s Day is complete without all of these activities! In the…
Down But Not Out
This past May the 85-foot-tall head frame of the Daly West Mine collapsed. This "hoist" was the…
Don’t Mourn, Organize!
"Goodbye Bill. I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize." On…
The Savage Siblings
Nearly 10 million emigrants left Ireland over a two hundred year period that began around 1700 and…
Home Remedies
We’ve all come across bizarre home remedies for treating various ailments, most of them popular a century…
The Singing Cowboys
Music has long floated through Park City’s mountain air. Some Parkites might fondly recall Byron Jones, musical…
Game of Phones
Park City grew rapidly in its early days and was flush with new money from silver mining. …
Bootleggers Pay with Banana Splits
If you were hiking in the mountains one summer day and you stumbled upon a still supervised…
Park City’s Early Chinese Residents
Railway spanning the North American continent met in Promontory, Utah on May 10th, 1869. While the Transcontinental…
The Circus Is Comin’ to Town, Yes Siree!
One day in late April 1916, a circus agent rolled into Park City, and thus began the…
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
If you’ve ever been in complete and utter darkness then you probably remember how your hearing was…