Gone but Not Forgotten
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) was one of two railroads that served Park City in…
Way We Were
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…
In A Man’s Underworld
In 1894, the Park Record reported on the construction of the Ontario Drain Tunnel #2, noting that…
Utah’s First Ski Condo Hotel
Throughout the 1980s, Park City rapidly grew into a recreational area, and real estate values soared in…
The Williams Family of 10 Daly Ave
Take the red trolley up to the top of Main Street and you will see a green…
The House on the Hill
The house at 27 Hillside Avenue was built prior to 1889. It was likely originally constructed in…
The Upper End of Town
When silver was first discovered in Summit County in the late 1860s, miners lived near the original…
Hospital Day
Thank you for joining us for the last installment in a series of articles about the names…
Pleasing Manner and Exceptional Ability
Last week looked at Isabel Grant and her time at the Miner’s Hospital. Born in Nova Scotia,…
The Miners Hospital’s First Matrons
The story of the Miners Hospital has been told many times. Founded in 1904 with money contributed…
Summit County Inhabitants Before the Silver Rush
Before Park City was mining country, the area attracted humans to hunt wild game and fish. While…
A Place of Rest in Snyderville
In recent years, there has been support for and debate about creating a Snyderville Basin Cemetery, where…
Park City’s Porcupines
Barney Riley was appointed to a brand new Park City night watch along with two others in…
Step Right Up!
Come one! Come all! To the greatest show on Earth! Anytime the circus was coming to town,…
Fools on the Slopes
April Fools’ Day is next Wednesday, are you ready for some clowning around? “In the rest of…
Shorty’s Twenty-three Stairs
I came across a print of “Shorty’s Stairs” at a furniture consignment store in town. As a…
Hot Diggity Dog!
The 1970s saw a counter-culture revolution not just in American society, but also in the world of…
Park City’s Connection to the Silent Film World
When it comes to knowing fame, everyone wants to stake a claim, even if it is a…
United in Tragedy
Friday afternoon, February 23, 1934, the Wasatch Mountains were blanketed by a heavy snowstorm and low-hanging clouds.…
Tragedy on Ecker Hill
February 22, 1934 was the date of the annual Utah State Ski Meet, where professional and amateur…
Snow Patrol
“‘Oceans of snow’ and no place to move it presents a very ‘tough’ problem… the past winter…
A Staple for Entertainment
Parkites, from early mining camp days to today, have put theaters and entertainment venues as a priority.…
Flawless Fleming
When it came to his work, Silver King Mill foreman John Breckenridge Fleming was a perfectionist. In…
Constructing the Aerial Tramway
Work on the Silver King Aerial Tramway began in August 1900. The construction was scheduled to be…
World Class Now and Then
World-class is an adjective often associated with Park City. It is one of the world’s foremost resort…
Vanished, Never to Be Seen Again
Like most intriguing small towns Park City has had its share of mysteries. Some of those mysteries…
‘A Glorious Past and a Bright Future’
“The year which will in a few hours vanish into the great past, and become but a…