June 10 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Park City Museum and Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History will host a lecture called I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill given by Sandy Brumley and Emmett Murray on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 from 5-6 p.m. held at the Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. The lecture is in relation to a new exhibit called Park City Loves a Parade: Our Parades, Processions, and Protests from Past to Present which will be on display at the Park City Museum until April 2027. More information can be found at www.parkcityhistory.org.
Baby boomers may recall a song about Joe Hill from 1970 The Woodstock Soundtrack Album. According to that song, Joe Hill never died but lives on “where working folks defend their rights.” In December of 2025, Joe Hill “lived on” in Park City through the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association (PCPSA) as they successfully went on strike against Vail Resorts. Folks may not know that Joe Hill worked for The Silver King Coalition Mines in the days before the events that led up to his death by firing squad in the Utah State Prison in Sugarhouse. Emmet Murray of the PCPSA will provide some happy details from the ski patrol strike while Sandy Brumley, local PC history raconteur, will provide the tragic history of Joe Hill.
A mountain host and hiking guide at Park City Mountain Resort, Sandy Brumley is a descendent of iron miners in Minnesota and an avid student of Park City History. This will be the fifth in a series of presentations he has made for the Museum. He is a hike leader for the Museum and a member of Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History. Emmett Murray is a ski patroller at the Canyons Resort at Park City Mountain and has just completed his ninth year. He was also the Vice President of PCPSPA during the strike which started on December 27, 2024 and lasted thirteen days.