Life About Town in Park City’s Mining Days Lecture and Book Signing by Dalton Gackle

Park City Museum will host a lecture called Life About Town in Park City's Mining Days and book signing given by Dalton Gackle on Wednesday, June 22 from 5-6 p.m. at the Education and Collections Center Building located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. Please register for the lecture at www.parkcityhistory.org/events.

Settled after the Civil War, and incorporated in 1884, Park City grew into one of the world’s most prestigious mining camps. Known primarily for its richness in silver, Park City miners also extracted, lead, zinc, gold, and copper from the surrounding hills. As the mines grew, so too did the town, attracting businesspeople, grocers, doctors, lawyers, teachers, and more to the area, in addition to miners and prospectors seeking to strike it rich. From mines large (like the Silver King and the Ontario) to small (like the Nelson Queen), Park City’s early history is that of the triumphs and tragedies of mining, the ebbs and flows of the community, and the metals that made it all happen. Dalton’s book covers an overview of this history, and this presentation will look briefly at Park City’s mining days and general life.

Dalton is an historian mostly of popular culture and western history. As the Park City Museum’s Research, Digital Services, and Social Media Coordinator, he manages the Hal Compton Research Library and is responsible for all research requests and appointments, historic photograph orders, our weekly Way We Were articles, oral histories, and the Museum's social media. He is also an archivist, processing and digitizing the Museum's manuscript and visual collections to make them available to you.

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