Marcus Daly’s Utah Years lecture given by Brenda Wahler

Park City Museum will host a lecture called Marcus Daly’s Utah Years, given by Brenda Wahler on Wednesday, May 3rd 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.

Marcus Daly’s road to becoming Montana’s copper king went through the silver mining camps of Utah. There, as a manager for Utah’s banking millionaires, the Walker Brothers, he developed the skills and “nose for ore” that ultimately made Butte, Montana into the richest hill on earth. From Holy Cross Hospital to the Utah and Northern Railroad, Daly’s hidden hand helped shape the development of the Northern Rockies. Along the way, he befriended mining magnate George Hearst, who took Daly’s tip about the potential of a “little hole in the ground” called the Ontario, which put Park City on the map as Hearst developed the single largest silver mine in Utah. With vintage images and primary source materials, Wahler’s lecture will discuss this little-studied period of Utah and Montana’s history.

Brenda Wahler, author of Marcus Daly’s Road to Montana, is an attorney, historian, and horsewoman. A lifelong Montanan, she digs into the deeper stories behind the myths of the American West.