Our series on women’s history would be remiss not to touch upon prostitution. It was a fact…
In recognition of Women’s History Month, we’ve been learning about women in Park City. Today we look…
The Industrial Revolution produced new technologies that rapidly changed everyday lives in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Inventions…
March has been designated Women’s History Month since 1987. This month’s series of “Way We Were” articles…
Thanks for coming back to learn about the history of “ski trains” in Park City. Preparations for…
Dating back to the 1930s, Park City promoted itself as a destination for winter sports. The Salt…
In honor of President’s Day next Monday, let’s look at Park City’s presidential connections. Our local history…
Everyone parking off Swede Alley behind the Marsac Municipal Building should know there are two remnants of…
The name of the Deer Valley ski run “Solid Muldoon” comes from a Park City mining claim…
Last week’s article on Park City ski runs and lifts focused on names inspired by Park City’s…
While last week we looked at Deer Valley, this week explores the history of run and lift…
In 1982, Edgar Stern opened Deer Valley. He insisted that the area’s history and mining heritage be…
As 2015 draws to a close, we recognize that, like any year, it had its ups and…
In the previous two articles we confirmed the Mayflower’s "unique" history in the Park City Mining District.…
Thanks for joining us for the second installment in this three-part series on the Mayflower, Park City’s…
Most of us driving to or from Heber City pay little attention to exit eight off Route…
There were over twenty bars on Park City's Main Street in the early 1900s. Of them all,…
In the classic musical, The Music Man, the residents of River City rush the streets with shouts…
Thomas Kearns may be remembered best in Park City as a wealthy mine owner (and namesake of…
As you read here last week, Park City did not escape the “Spanish flu” pandemic that ravaged…
For those unfamiliar with details of the 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic here are some statistics: it affected…
Everyone loves ghost stories, especially when they’re true. One of Park City’s spine-tingling tales is the story…
When it comes to the story of Edward Rowan’s life and death, we have only the barest…
Marie Arthur, our “woman slayer” from last week, was back in the headlines in 1916, just over…
Ten years before Chicago’s Murderess Row inspired the play, and later musical, Chicago, Park City had its…
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) was one of two railroads that served Park City in…
As Park City grew from an up-and-coming camp into a successful mining town, theaters, opera houses, and…
As introduction to this article I would like to acknowledge three people who provided the impetus -…
Whether it’s racing them, fixing them, or simply taking them out for Sunday drives through the country,…
Parade, festivities, mucking and drilling contest…no Miner’s Day is complete without all of these activities! In the…
This past May the 85-foot-tall head frame of the Daly West Mine collapsed. This "hoist" was the…
"Goodbye Bill. I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize." On…
Nearly 10 million emigrants left Ireland over a two hundred year period that began around 1700 and…
We’ve all come across bizarre home remedies for treating various ailments, most of them popular a century…
Music has long floated through Park City’s mountain air. Some Parkites might fondly recall Byron Jones, musical…
Park City grew rapidly in its early days and was flush with new money from silver mining. …
If you were hiking in the mountains one summer day and you stumbled upon a still supervised…
Railway spanning the North American continent met in Promontory, Utah on May 10th, 1869. While the Transcontinental…
One day in late April 1916, a circus agent rolled into Park City, and thus began the…
If you’ve ever been in complete and utter darkness then you probably remember how your hearing was…