POSTPONED to February 7th! Flame of Ambition Lecture given by Steve Leatham

Park City Museum will host a lecture called “Flame of Ambition” given by Steve Leatham on Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 from 5-6 p.m. held at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. More information can be found at www.parkcityhistory.org.

In the early days of Park City’s mining history, disputes often arose over the borderlines of mining claims. The resolution of these quarrels, more often than not, grew rapidly from heated discussions to violence and bloodshed; sometimes even murder. One such case involved a disagreement over the boundaries of the Henrietta, Ontario, and Great Eastern Claims.

This is the captivating story of an inaccurate Uintah Mining District survey that led from the shooting of a local miner in 1879 to a rare, priceless, 300 piece collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts found nowhere else but at today’s Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

Hear how the daughter of a hard-living, Park City mine owning, U. S. Marshal became a respected, self-taught Egyptologist, a ballerina, an ambitious Hollywood costume designer, a glamour icon of the 1920s, and the wife of celebrity superstar Rudolph Valentino.

Steve Leatham grew up in Park City and now spends his time researching, writing, and lecturing about his hometown’s history as a museum volunteer. A retired educator, Steve enjoys teaching others about Park City’s colorful past.