Utah Takes Flight
On December 17, 1903 on a remote windswept beach, mankind glimpsed the possibility of controlled flight. A…
Way We Were
In Her Own Words: The Life of Park City’s “Silver Queen”
(This first-person style article first ran in August 2019.) I was born in Missouri in 1859 to…
A Party on Rails
Saturday February 27, 1971 provided a rare opportunity to experience a historic event: riding the final passenger…
Love and Partnership in Life and Business
This is the first article in an occasional series covering the history of the Flinders Ranch, the…
Recollections of One of Deer Valley’s First Female Ski Instructors
Twenty-three ski instructors – eight of them female – formed the inaugural department when Deer Valley Resort…
Water and Trying Times for the Anchor Mine, part 1
Mining is a challenging business, starting with finding valuable minerals to develop and even just getting to…
When Did Skiing Arrive in Park City? Part 1
Often, we attribute the title of Park City’s first skier to Emmett “Bud” Wright, who used skis…
A Brief History of the Sundance Film Festival
It’s that time of year again: The 2024 Sundance Film Festival will take place from January 18…
The West’s Newest and Finest Playland
This is the third Way We Were article covering the 60th Anniversary of Park City Mountain Resort.…
Overlapping Lines and Drawn Pistols
On February 20, 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes sent the name of New Yorker Michael Shaughnessy to…
Stealing the Show
On December 27, 1950, happy faces of Park City High School (PCHS) band members emerged from bus…
Remember This Date
This is the second Way We Were article covering the 60th Anniversary of Park City Mountain Resort.…
Could the Silver King Aerial Tram Carry Skiers?
In an essay called “The Hidden Life of a Miner,” Park City historian Gary Kimball recalled overhearing…
Park City Reacts to the Attack on Pearl Harbor
“What tragic, criminal, treacherous, appalling changes have come to this great country of ours since we went…
The Last Living Expert
On Wednesday October 11, 2023 Keith Droste joined his fellow hard-rock brethren in the “great beyond.” No…
Park City’s Music Man, part 2
This is the second of two articles about Parkite Jim Santy, continued from last week. Above all…
Park City’s Music Man, part 1
This is the first of two articles about Parkite Jim Santy. “I’ll be a resident of this…
Solon Spiro Gets Married
Solon Spiro is best known in Park City for his development of the Silver King Consolidated Mine…
The Wildlife of Summit County
The many open spaces around Park City provide shelter and food for a wide variety of wildlife.…
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
Improvise, adapt, overcome is a mindset, a philosophy embodied in the culture of the U.S. Marine Corps…
Cousin Jack: Cornish Workers in Park City
Cornwall lies at the southwestern tip of Great Britain. Though it’s administered as a county of England…
Tallies of Woe: Glenwood Cemetery
The Park City Museum is advertising its annual Glenwood Cemetery event, taking place Oct. 7, as “Scandals…
Mentions of Mexicans in Park City
Over the years, Park City has had many people of Spanish descent make their home here –…
A Tramway and A Ski Lift
A frequent question we get or myth we hear at the Museum is about whether the Town…
The Durkin Boarding House
One of only a few boarding houses from any part of town to survive until today, the…
A High School for Park City
Starting out as a boomtown meant that Parkites had to create and build many of the necessary…
A Park City High School Experience in the 1940s
The following is an excerpt from an oral history the author conducted with Howard Berry, Jr., who…
A Kittie At Miners’ Hospital
In 1897, the year after Utah achieved statehood, the state legislature approved funds to build a “State…
School Vaccination Programs
At the start of the school year few things are less pleasing to students than receiving vaccinations.…
Thaynes Canyon Through the Years
Anyone who has recreated in Thaynes Canyon knows it is an active, well-traveled place. Turns out that’s…
Happy Birthday, Thelma!
On August 10, 1923, this item appeared in the Park Record: “At the L.D.S hospital, Salt Lake,…
History Lived
Many people can reminisce about the history through which they have lived. This writer, for example, has…
A Vision of the Future, part 3
The following is the third article in a series on the idea to build a ski resort…
A Vision of the Future, part 2
The following is the second article in a series on the idea to build a ski resort…
A Vision of the Future
The following is the first article in a series on the idea to build a ski resort…
Ernie’s Spur-of-the-moment Rodeos
Every July the Oakley Rodeo attracts hundreds of professional contestants and thousands of spectators to a four-day…
The Home Front: Park City and Rationing during WWII
After the United States entered World War II in December 1947, the federal government implemented a national…
Piecing Together A Home
The following is an excerpt from an oral history with three of the Sundstrom children (Doris, Patricia,…
Political Violence
Politics are not often polite. And that phenomenon is not unique to today (or just the U.S.).…
A Neighborhood of Tragedy
Content warning for description of injuries. The Park City Museum’s Annual Historic Home Tour returns on June…