The Flinders Family Ranch – Park City’s First Multi-Season Business lecture given by Stuart Stanek and David Nicholas

Park City Museum will host a lecture called The Flinders Family Ranch – Park City’s First Multi-Season Business given by Stuart Stanek and David Nicholas on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive, Park City UT.

In 1949 the Flinders Family purchased a 900-acre dairy farm from Archie and Annie Carter. The property encompassed parts of both Kimball Junction and Snyderville Basin. Besides dairy operations, the family would experiment with different activities to diversify income and ameliorate risk. Their innovations ultimately created a template on how to develop a robust financial enterprise. We’ll follow the family’s quest that established nine separate yet inter-related businesses.

This lecture was made possible by the generous contributions of the surviving Flinders children – Leland Flinders, Melvin Flinders and Elizabeth Hanny. Please join for a fascinating discussion complete with extensive photographs from the Flinders family archives.

David Nicholas serves on the Board of the Park City Museum, is interested in local history, and frequently contributes to the Way We Were series. Also, he conducts periodic lectures and historic hikes. His particular interests include but are not limited to Park City’s transportation history and local plane crashes.

Stuart Stanek is a forty-year broadcasting veteran. He managed one hundred and twenty-five radio stations in twenty-five different markets across the country. He served as a general manager and a regional President for iHeart Radio which is the nation’s largest broadcaster. He was involved in all facets of the business including sales, programming, operations, and marketing. He is married to Ann Crooks and they have lived in Park City for thirty-five years.