A Tunnel to Free the Ore
In 1939, the Bureau of Reclamation (BoR) proposed delivery of one million acre-feet of water annually from…
Way We Were
The Park City Miners’ Strike of 1919
On May 4, 1919 approximately one thousand Park City miners joined forces with organized labor to embark…
Labor Unrest Grows after WWI
Mormons arrived in Utah 21 years prior to ore discovery in Park City and there was inadequate…
Dizziness and Shortness of Breath
Entry into World War II left Park City’s mines shorthanded. By early 1942, a total of 346…
My story: Windsor Volney Rice
(Fifth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) I was born in…
Edward LeCompte, Pioneer Doctor to All
When the 1918 flu epidemic reached Park City, the town went under quarantine at the insistence of…
Coal Mining is a Different Game
The following article by Donovan Symonds is the first of two on the shared history of Coal…
Echoes of the 1918 Spanish Flu Appear Today
School closed, public gatherings banned, restaurants and businesses shuttered, people sick in our community from a new…
The Girls Have Game
Despite March Madness being canceled this year, we can still talk about basketball. Basketball’s invention is credited…
Bonus Way We Were: The Champs!
Bill Tatomer, Dick Olsen, Jeff Smith, Marty Cowin, Scott Evans, Les Gurski, Trent Leavitt, Barney Murnin, David…
Behind Closed Doors
Sex work was an active business in Park City from the 1880s until 1955. The most well-known…
California Dreamin’
Welcome back to our second article discussing the impact of the first Transcontinental Railroad on the development…
We Get Things Done
The Keetley Depot in its original state before being moved to Park City. The Parkite seniors were…
It’s a Road You’ll Have to Walk Someday
In November of 1946, “two ski lovers and sportsmen,” Otto Carpenter and Bob Burns, approached Mel Fletcher,…
How We Understand the Settlement of the American West
Few historical figures have been as revered in the collective American imagination as Meriwether Lewis and William…
Million Dollar Mistake
It is likely that anyone who owns a piece of property is familiar with its legal description.…
Build It and They Will Come
The title of this article may remind readers of the movie “Field of Dreams” - a magical…
Once Upon a Time in Park City
Forty-two years as a film festival, thirty-nine years in Park City, twenty-nine years as The Sundance Film…
Those Who Travel on Foot: Learning from the Land
Many of Utah’s residents are unaware of the people who have lived in Northern Utah since before…
A Man with a Dream
On Friday, May 8, 1953 the two largest mining firms in the Park City district, the Silver…
Park City Museum: A Year Gone By and a Year to Come
The Park City Museum has had a wonderful year (and decade)! Along with celebrating our 35th birthday,…
‘Tis the Season of Giving
While it’s great to receive gifts for the holidays, especially from loved ones, most would argue that…
The Frozen Cornish Pump
The Ontario Mine, prospected in 1872, was an incredibly successful silver mine in Park City thanks to…
Park City Woman’s Athenaeum Celebrated Right to Vote
Park City Woman’s Athenaeum member Margaret Jennings, far left, with her sister Winnie, far right, and others.…
Utah Women Led the Fight for Voting Rights
The United States has a major milestone to celebrate in 2020: the ratification of the 19th Amendment.…
Thanksgiving Is For the Slopes
Many people throughout the country get together with family or friends on Thanksgiving. They sit around a…
Park City Museum Celebrates 10 Years in Expanded Space
We have now been open in our expanded museum space for a full ten years! We would…
Park City Was Late to the American Backyard Experience
When WWII ended, America was on the cusp of a new lifestyle. The booming war economy ended…
“The Whites Want Everything”
The story of the settlement of Utah is most often told as the story of the Mormons,…
Scared of a Little Soap
When most people think of Halloween, they think of Trick-or-treating. They focus on going door-to-door asking for…
Death Knocks at the Door
The lore of Tommy Knockers was so integrated into Park City’s mining history, one jeweler decided to…
My Story: Mary Ferguson Keith
(Fourth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) Mary Ferguson Keith, 1895,…
Park City Saloons
Joe Minetti tending bar at the Minetti and DeAngelis saloon in February 1916 according to the calendar…
Park City’s Hot, Wet, Gold Mine
In Park City’s first century, its fame was based on mining, not skiing. And it was most…
Death Shrouded in Mystery
Albert Holindrake, furthest left, sitting, and his family in 1906. His wife, Nancy, and his children were…
Unable to Heal
Life in Park City was not always easy for those who lived in the early 1900’s. Diseases…
A Green Monster in Snake Creek Canyon?
In the late 1800s, people from Provo, Salt Lake, and Park City traveled to bathe in Midway’s…
The Swimming Pools of Park City’s Past
Children enjoy the Park City Racquet Club’s swimming pool during the summer of 1988. The year before,…
Building a Life from the Mine Up: The Life of David Keith
(Third in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) What would you do…
My Story: Susanna Bransford Emery Holmes Delitch Engalitcheff – Utah’s “Silver Queen”
(Second in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) I was born in…