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…
Way We Were
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…
The Fatal Flagstaff Fall
Somewhere about the 35-foot level of the Flagstaff Mine, and moments after he called his friends above…
My Story: Albion Emery
(First in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) I was born in…
Lost and Found
The image featured in this article surfaced while researching in the Park City Museum archives on a…
Park City’s Widowmakers
In the early days of mining, drills powered by compressed air were ubiquitous. A regrettable byproduct was…
An Ideal Utah Town
Park City the ideal place to live in Utah, even in 1919 Today, Park City is lauded…
Depressed but Optimistic
Miners in the United Park City Mines Company (UPCMC). Parkites were optimistic the merger of Silver King…
I’ll Be All Right
Unlike this year, Tuesday, June 18, 1940 broke all records for June heat when Salt Lake City…
Standing Ground Against Insufficient Evidence
This story is continued from June 19, 2019. Reeling from the death of his five-year-old daughter, Rockport,…
John Alvus Reed’s Wild West
It is often said that losing a child is the most enduring pain a parent can suffer. …
Watch Out for the Strawberries
The McFalls’ home at 501 Woodside will be featured on this year’s Historic Home Tour, put on…
From Frontier Justice to Justice of the Peace
Through films, reality TV, and media the phrase ‘snitches get stitches’ has entered the lexicon of everyday…
Saltair: The Coney Island of the West
In June 1946, Park City restaurateur J.E. Jenkins, also known as photographer Pop Jenks, decided to treat…
Perfect Courage
Think for a minute what it would be like to bail out of an airplane from 14,000…
The Legacy of Lagoon
Utah’s Lagoon Park is one of the ten oldest amusement parks in the country.[1] The earliest version…
From Seaside to Slopeside: America’s Amusements
Coney Island stirs up images and memories of a place known worldwide, either by those who went…
Big Boy Returns to Echo
In January 1869, the Union Pacific Railroad reached the tiny town of Echo in Utah in their…
Silver and Snow
In 2001, with the Winter Olympics approaching in a matter of months, Park City Historical Society Director…
The Hazards of a Big Winter
In a big snow year like this one, those of us who live in mountains know the…
A Coney Island Adventure
Water amusement parks have long been a popular source of recreation. Utah’s most famous was Saltair, on…
Chaos at Silver Creek
The figures for mineral production in the Park City Mining District are substantial. The Utah Geological Survey…
Long Skis Only Please
Signs at the top of the Hoist ski run at Park City Ski Area in 1976. Credit…
The March of Progress
By the time the last Park City mine shut down in 1982, the Park City Mining District…
Toasting to Breaking a Leg…and the Luck o’ the Irish
In this photo from 1899, these amateur actors, including Irishman Jim Burns (far right), raised their glasses…
Stamping Out Dictators in World War II
The United States funded World War II in part through the sale of bonds to the public.…
Trained Safety Crews Helped Rescue Miners
The United States Bureau of Mines was founded in 1910, partly as a response to a rash…
Wish You Were Here
Countless of postcards like this one from 1907 were mailed to and from Park City between 1905…