Park City Museum

Walking Tour of Main Street
2022-06-30 14:00 - 15:30, 2022-06-29 14:00 - 15:30, 2022-06-28 14:00 - 15:30, 2022-06-27 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Denver)
Guided Historic Main Street Walking Tour 2022-
Put on your walking shoes and explore Park City’s Historic Main Street! Explore the architecture and stories of Park City’s unique history—from the days as a booming mine town to an emerging ski town. The Park City Museum’s popular Historic Main Street Walking Tours are Monday through Friday at 2 p.m. from June 27th to September 2nd. Meet at the Museum store. Cost is $10 per person. Please call 435-216-9693 to make a reservation as space is limited to fifteen people on each tour this year.
The tour is most appropriate for ages 13 and up. Please arrive 10 minutes early, wear comfortable walking shoes, bring water, and wear sun protection. The tour lasts about one hour and fifteen minutes. If you have general questions about the tour, please contact 435-574-9554.

Historic Glenwood Cemetery Tour on Tuesdays and Thursdays
2022-06-30 10:30 - 11:30, 2022-06-28 10:30 - 11:30 | Glenwood Cemetery, 401 Silver King Drive, Park City, UT, 84060, United States
Park City Museum will be giving tours of the Historic Glenwood Cemetery on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. from June 28th to September 1st. Discover the history of the Cemetery and those residents who are buried there. Please register for a tour at www.parkcityhistory.org. Tours will be $15 per person. Please meet at Glenwood Cemetery by the gate, bring a water bottle, wear sunscreen and comfortable walking shoes. If you have any questions, please contact Diane Knispel education@parkcityhistory.org or call 435-574-9554.

The Raising of the Daly West Headframe
2022-06-30 10:00 - 15:00
The Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History invite you to join us in celebration of this momentous occasion! Thanks to the generosity of Park City Municipal, Deer Valley Resort, and the Empire Pass Master Owner’s Association, the beloved Daly West headframe will be raised on its new pad on June 30th. In order to fund our last two remaining structures, the Thaynes headframe building and the Silver King headframe building, we invite you to contribute $500 and join us at the Montage in Empire Canyon at 10:00 AM for a day of activities and delicious food. The “raising” will commence at 11:00 AM. To secure your spot simply complete your contribution below. Thank you for your continuing support for this critical community project of preserving our mining past for future generations.

Life About Town in Park City's Mining Days Lecture and Book Signing by Dalton Gackle
2022-06-22 17:00 - 18:00
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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The Garlic Mustard Games
2022-06-11 08:00 - 10:00
We are looking for volunteers to help pull Garlic Mustard and other noxious weeds from the historic Glenwood Cemetery. No need to RSVP, please just show up at 8 a.m. and you’ll be provided with the necessary supplies!
We will work on Saturday, June 11 from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. at the Glenwood Cemetery (401 Silver King Drive)
This event is in partnership with Ecology Bridge. Learn more here: https://www.ecologybridge.com/projects/garlic-mustard-games/

Prohibition: Thirteen Awful Years of the Noble Experiment Zoom Lecture given by Garrett Peck
2022-05-04 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host a Zoom lecture called Prohibition: Thirteen Awful Years of the Noble Experiment given by Garrett Peck on Wednesday, May 4 from 5-6 p.m. Mountain Time.
The “noble experiment” of Prohibition in America began on January 16, 1920, after a century of agitation by the temperance movement to create a dry, sober nation.
What started as a measure during World War I to prevent soldiers from drinking quickly became a constitutional amendment to ban the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol, and the Anti-Saloon League spun beer drinking into treason. Americans supported it with patriotic fervor as part of the war effort, not considering the consequences or how difficult it would be to enforce. An idealistic public soon turned cynical as bootleggers emerged to supply the brisk demand for booze, while organized crime dramatically undermined the noble experiment.
Prohibition lasted less than 14 years before the 21st Amendment repealed it in 1933—marking the end of what literary critique H. L. Mencken called the “Thirteen Awful Years.”
Garrett Peck is an author, historian and tour guide living in Santa Fe who specializes in Prohibition history. His eighth and latest book is A Decade of Disruption: America in the New Millennium. Garrett is currently working on a book about how novelist Willa Cather composed Death Comes for the Archbishop. See www.garrettpeck.com for more information.
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REBRANDING THE WEST’S OLDEST PROFESSION: Two Progressive Madams, Two Progressive Business Models, and an Issue-driven Concept called The Madams Association given by Michael Rutter
2022-04-12 17:00 - 18:00
The Park City Museum will host an in-person lecture called REBRANDING THE WEST’S OLDEST PROFESSION: Two Progressive Madams, Two Progressive Business Models, and an Issue-driven Concept called The Madams Association given by Michael Rutter on Tuesday, April 12th from 5-6 p.m. at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center building located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. Please register for the lecture at www.parkcityhistory.org/events.
In the last days of the Old West, Madams Mae Phelps from Colorado and Dora Topham (a.k.a. “Belle London”) from Utah were wealthy “Underworld Queens,” Panderers, and Social Reformers. The free-wheeling days had passed, but with the zeal of revivalists, each proposed new business models fueled by a profit-driven code of ethics, a progressive social consciousness, and a flexible morality that would make interesting case studies in MBA.
Dora Topham was commissioned by the Salt Lake City mayor and city council to organize “The Stockade,” a block of prostitution in the downtown area, not far from the Temple. Mae Phelps, like Dora Topham, championed health care for her ladies and worked with civic leaders. Mae also organized a Madams’ Association.
Michael Rutter is a recipient of the Ben Franklin Book Award for Excellence and the Rocky Mountain Book Publishers’ Award. An “addicted” fly fisherman, his outdoor essays have been published from Yale University to Outdoor Life. He worked with American Experience on “The Wild West Series,” Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He has been a Christa McAuliffe Fellow and an AT&T Scholar. His new book, Colorado Madams, Farcounty Press, will be released mid-2022. Some of Michael’s other books include Upstairs Girls: Prostitution in the American West; Boudoirs to Brothels: The Intimate World of Wild West Women; Myths and Mysteries of the Old West; Wild Bunch Women; Outlaw Tales of Utah; Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the American West; and Utah Off the Beaten Path. He teaches advanced writing at Brigham Young University and lives in Orem, Utah, with his wife, Shari, a Siamese cat, and a large, very spoiled dog, a Turkish Akbash.
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Secrets to Successful Salary Negotiation given by Museum member Bill Humbert
2022-03-30 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host an in-person lecture called Secrets to Successful Salary Negotiation given by Museum member Bill Humbert on Wednesday, March 30th from 5-6 p.m. at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center Building located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. Go to www.parkcityhistory.org/events to register. Dolly’s Bookstore will be at the event selling Bill’s latest book.
Bill Humbert, RecruiterGuy.com, has over 40 years of experience as a Professional Recruiter and 26 years of experience as a Professional Career Coach. During the Covid-19 shutdown, he coached 32 professionals from March 15, 2020 to December 31, 2020 to accept new positions (eleven of these professionals received increases in compensation – 4 of those received over 30% more compensation). His third book, Expect Success! The Science of the Over 50 Career Search, has 18 pages devoted to Successful Salary Negotiation. Bill will present Secrets to Successful Salary Negotiation on March 30. This interactive presentation is particularly important to women who traditionally are paid less than men for the same job (Gender Wage Gap). Who better to coach on Salary Negotiation than RecruiterGuy?
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Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster 1844-2012 exhibit Zoom Lecture given by curator Hal Wert
2022-02-16 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host a Zoom lecture on Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster 1844-2012 exhibit given by curator Hal Wert on Wednesday, February 16th from 5-6 p.m. Mountain Time. Please register for the Zoom lecture at https://parkcityhistory.org/event/the-sign-of-the-times-the-great-american-political-poster-1844-2012-exhibit-zoom-lecture-given-by-curator-hal-wert/. A link will be sent to you a few days before the lecture.
Historically, the hardworking American political poster has been hiding in plain sight, attempting to catch our eye and capture our vote through the use of visual language. In a survey that spans the life of these ubiquitous messengers, Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster 1844–2012 explores a variety of styles, design trends, and printing technology that will delight your eye, engage your imagination, and lead you to ruminate over past political commitments. Sign of the Times features the most exciting and rarely seen posters created in the last 170 years and opens February 14th and runs through April 30th at the Park City Museum.
Through time, the American political poster has been sorely neglected as an art form and has played a minor cultural role despite its effectiveness in conveying a political message to millions of voters often through the skillful use of visual communication. Sign of the Times has made every effort to bring eye-popping political graphics to the forefront and show the great American political poster as art.
Sign of the Times was curated by Hal Wert, Ph.D., collector and professor of history at Kansas City Art Institute, and organized by Exhibits USA which is a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance, and The National Endowment for the Arts.
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Black and White in Black and White: Images of Dignity, Hope, and Diversity in America Zoom Lecture given by Curator Douglas Keister
2021-12-09 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host a Zoom lecture called Black and White in Black and White given by curator Douglas Keister on December 9th from 5-6 p.m.
Black and White in Black and White: Images of Dignity, Hope, and Diversity in America is curated by Douglas Keister, traveled by Exhibit Envoy, and presented with support from California State University, Chico. The exhibit will be on display at the Park City Museum from November 21, 2021 through January 7, 2022.
Douglas Keister has been on an Antiques Roadshow-like adventure for over a half century.
In 1965, while in high school in Lincoln, Nebraska, budding photographer Doug Keister stumbled on a few boxes containing 280 5×7 glass negatives. Little did he know that those images were taken by a then unknown Black photographer who was depicting a largely uncelebrated era of American and African American history.
Keister’s 50 years of research has revealed that the photographer, John Johnson, was documenting (among other things) the New Negro Movement in the early 20th century. The New Negro Movement sought to portray African Americans with dignity, elegance and, ultimately hope for a better future. Sixty of the photographs are now in the Smithsonian’s collection.
Keister’s lecture will trace sleuthing out the provenance of the images, explaining the New Negro Movement and telling stories about individual images. Dozens of John Johnson’s stunning images will be featured throughout his lecture.
Author/writer/photographer Douglas Keister has carved out a career traveling the world researching and documenting history and historic architecture. In the late 1980s and early 90s he was the photographer for the popular “Painted Ladies” books on effervescently painted Victorian houses. In 1995, he began photographing the iconic series of books on bungalows: The Bungalow, Inside the Bungalow and Outside the Bungalow.
Along the way he has authored and co-authored 45 books including books on Spanish Architecture, Courtyards, Storybook homes, four books on vintage trailers, six books on cemeteries and two children’s books. Drawing from his personal life and his books, he has written five novels, a memoir and a book on his John Johnson collection.
His most recent book, People, Places & Pieces of Paradise (September 2019), documents history of a different sort. The book documents the Camp Fire and its aftermath which wiped out the town of Paradise, California just 10 miles from where he lives in Chico, California.
He often gives lectures and contributes stories and photographs based on his books.
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Horses, Mining, and Park City In-person Lecture given by Mike Nelson and Amy Richins
2021-11-17 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum and Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History will a host an IN-PERSON lecture on Wednesday, November 17th from 5-6 p.m. called Horses, Mining, and Park City given by Mike Nelson and Amy Richins. The lecture will be given at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center Building located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive.
Before steam, compressed air, and electricity, humans had only four sources of power—themselves (or their slaves), animals, wind, and water. Each of these was used in mining, but ponies, mules, and horses were especially popular because of their strength, intelligence, and mobility. It’s not surprising that James Watt chose to market his modified steam engine in terms of its equivalent “horsepower.”
This presentation will look at a few historic examples of horses in mining and then discuss the use of horses in Park City and its mines. Much of the presentation is based on family and personal knowledge: Mike’s uncle, James N. Berry, is the son of Lol Berry, who was the ostler at the Ontario mine from 1903 to 1949. Amy’s family members were among the first homesteaders in Henefer, and have operated a cattle ranch there for almost 150 years.
Amy J. Richins received B.S. and M.S. degrees in mining engineering at the University of Utah. In 2019 she received the Robert S. Shoemaker Ph.D. Fellowship Grant, from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, and she is now completing a Ph.D. at the University of Utah. Amy’s family members are long-time residents of Summit County. They operate Circle R Livestock LLC, a producer of grass-fed beef cattle in Henefer. Amy was with FLSmidth Minerals for seven years in various roles, including project manager and flotation engineer, and is presently Property Manager for Circle R. She has authored three book chapters, three refereed conference papers, and eight conference presentations. She is a co-founder of the University of Utah’s prize-winning mine rescue team, and is particularly interested in health and safety management, leadership and communication, and innovative teaching and training methods.
Michael G. (Mike) Nelson is a professor of mining engineering at the University of Utah. He was Chair of the Department of Mining Engineering from 2008 to 2019. He was previously professor of mining engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He holds a B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering and an M.S. in applied physics, both from the University of Utah, and a Ph.D. in mining engineering from West Virginia University. Mike has worked for Kennecott Copper, Westinghouse Electric, Consolidation Coal, and EIMCO Process Equipment. Mike has holds nine patents in mining in mineral processing, He is co-author of the book, History of Flotation, and has contributed to many other technical books. He has given invited short courses in the U.S., Australia, Ecuador, and India, and has been an expert witness in the U.S. and Australia. Mike’s dad, Tom Nelson, grew up in grew up in Wasatch and Summit County, and graduated from Park City High School in 1946. Tom’s dad, Carl, worked top car at the Silver King, and Tom worked weekends, holidays, and vacations at the Silver King while he was studying at B.Y.U. to become a high school band teacher.
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Horses, Mining, and Park City and Zoom Lecture by Mike Nelson and Amy Richins
2021-11-17 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum and Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History will a host Zoom lecture on Wednesday, November 17th from 5-6 p.m. called Horses, Mining, and Park City given by Mike Nelson and Amy Richins.
Before steam, compressed air, and electricity, humans had only four sources of power—themselves (or their slaves), animals, wind, and water. Each of these was used in mining, but ponies, mules, and horses were especially popular because of their strength, intelligence, and mobility. It’s not surprising that James Watt chose to market his modified steam engine in terms of its equivalent “horsepower.”
This presentation will look at a few historic examples of horses in mining and then discuss the use of horses in Park City and its mines. Much of the presentation is based on family and personal knowledge: Mike’s uncle, James N. Berry, is the son of Lol Berry, who was the ostler at the Ontario mine from 1903 to 1949. Amy’s family members were among the first homesteaders in Henefer, and have operated a cattle ranch there for almost 150 years.
Amy J. Richins received B.S. and M.S. degrees in mining engineering at the University of Utah. In 2019 she received the Robert S. Shoemaker Ph.D. Fellowship Grant, from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, and she is now completing a Ph.D. at the University of Utah. Amy’s family members are long-time residents of Summit County. They operate Circle R Livestock LLC, a producer of grass-fed beef cattle in Henefer. Amy was with FLSmidth Minerals for seven years in various roles, including project manager and flotation engineer, and is presently Property Manager for Circle R. She has authored three book chapters, three refereed conference papers, and eight conference presentations. She is a co-founder of the University of Utah’s prize-winning mine rescue team, and is particularly interested in health and safety management, leadership and communication, and innovative teaching and training methods.
Michael G. (Mike) Nelson is a professor of mining engineering at the University of Utah. He was Chair of the Department of Mining Engineering from 2008 to 2019. He was previously professor of mining engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He holds a B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering and an M.S. in applied physics, both from the University of Utah, and a Ph.D. in mining engineering from West Virginia University. Mike has worked for Kennecott Copper, Westinghouse Electric, Consolidation Coal, and EIMCO Process Equipment. Mike has holds nine patents in mining in mineral processing, He is co-author of the book, History of Flotation, and has contributed to many other technical books. He has given invited short courses in the U.S., Australia, Ecuador, and India, and has been an expert witness in the U.S. and Australia. Mike’s dad, Tom Nelson, grew up in grew up in Wasatch and Summit County, and graduated from Park City High School in 1946. Tom’s dad, Carl, worked top car at the Silver King, and Tom worked weekends, holidays, and vacations at the Silver King while he was studying at B.Y.U. to become a high school band teacher.
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Veterans Day In-Person Lecture given by David Nicholas and Steve Leatham
2021-11-11 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host a Veterans Day Lecture given by David Nicholas and Steve Leatham on Thursday, November 11th from 5-6 p.m. at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center Building located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive in Park City. Please register for the lecture at www.parkcityhistory.org.
In a live Veterans Day lecture, David Nicholas and Steve Leatham pay tribute to all those who have so nobly served our country. Nicholas and Leatham will look back 80 years to the events leading up to Pearl Harbor. The two will trace Park City’s unique connection to the “day that will live in infamy.” From the development of the B-18 “peace time” bomber to the sinking of the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941, the local historians will tell the story of a courageous group of airmen and a navy coxswain whose lives came together on that ill-fated day.
That Sunday morning began calmly enough at the U. S. Army’s Opana radar station located on the north shore of Hawaii’s Oahu Island. Unexpectedly at 7:02 a.m. the radar scope picked up an enormous flight of incoming aircraft. The system could not tell an inbound target’s altitude, size or number, nor could it differentiate friend from foe. This information was forwarded to the officer on duty at the Fort Shafter Information Center east of Pearl Harbor. The officer felt sure that Opana had picked up a flight of twelve B-17 Flying Fortresses coming from the mainland to Hawaii and at 7:20 a.m. told the radar operators not to “worry about it.” Three of the B-17E’s had ties to Park City.
Seven of the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s battleships lay in port at Pearl Harbor along “Battleship Row.” Most of Arizona’s 21 member band were on deck preparing to play music for the daily flag raising ceremony when the ship’s air raid alarm went off at 7:55 a.m. At 8:06 a.m. a bomb hit the black powder magazine near the forward section of the ship. A cataclysmic explosion shattered the battleship instantly killing a young man from Park City and 1,176 of his USS Arizona shipmates.
In the latest in a series of talks emanating from the crash of an Air Corps bomber on Iron Mountain in November of 1941, David and Steve reveal new information discovered in their ongoing research of that incident in relationship to December 7, 1941. Rory Murphy will join the two with a first-hand account of what it is like to bail out of an airplane on a “dark and stormy night.”
If you have any questions, please contact Diane Knispel at education@parkcityhistory.org or 435-574-9554.
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Tales of Park City Halloween Lecture given by Dalton Gackle
2021-10-25 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host an in-person and virtual lecture called Tales of Park City Halloween given by Dalton Gackle on Monday, October 25th from 5-6 p.m. at the Education and Collections Center Building located on 2079 Sidewinder Drive. This lecture will also be broadcast on Zoom.

Along with outlining the history of Halloween in the United States, Dalton will be discussing different aspects of Halloween in Park City’s history – how it has brought the community together at times and divided them at others, how it has impacted the town’s youth, and how it has been a source of celebration.

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.

Image caption: Marsac School students dressed for Halloween, 1947.
Image credit: Park City Historical Society & Museum, Kendall Webb Collection
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Avalanches and Ski Patrol IN-PERSON Lecture given by Denise De Vines
2021-10-13 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host an IN-PERSON Lecture on Avalanches and Ski Patrol given by Denise De Vines on Wednesday, October 13th from 5-6 p.m. at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center Building located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive.
Denise De Vines has written a book called Danger: Avalanche Warning. Besides being a 25-year Ski Patroller, Denise De Vines is also a PSIA Ski Instructor at Deer Valley. She’s earned many NSP accolades, including top Outdoor Emergency Care Instructor in the nation; a National Appointment from NSP; and Purple Star for saving a life. Before moving to Utah and joining Nordic Valley’s patrol, she patrolled at Bear Mountain, Mt. Baldy and June Mountain in California, plus Tanglwood in Pennsylvania. Upon retiring from a successful marketing career, Denise rekindled her journalism roots to author several short stories and plays. This sports-minded grandmother is a Master Scuba Diver and still completes in motocross!
Questions? Please contact Diane Knispel at education@parkcityhistory.org.
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Historic Bike Tour October 3rd with White Pine Touring
2021-10-03 08:30 - 13:30
Historic Bike Tour October 3rd with White Pine Touring
Join Karri Dell Hays with White Pine Touring and the Park City Museum for a fun, historic bike tour! The tour is mostly downhill using comfort/Townie bikes. We will leave at 10AM from White Pine Touring located at 1790 Bonanza Drive (9:30 at Silver Lake Lodge drop off area. Please arrive at least 30 minutes in advance at White Pine to fill out waivers and help load your bike. You may park at White Pine and bring your own bike or rent one from White Pine for 1/2 price: $15 for a half day and $20 for a full day. If you’re bringing your own bike, Mountain bikes are fine but we will be on some dirt trails so road bikes are not recommended. We will have room for 15 participants who start from White Pine. Other participants will need to meet at the Silver Lake Lodge drop off area. No shuttle will be provided back to Silver Lake. All bikes for participants starting from White Pine will be loaded on to a trailer and participants will ride in a van to Silver Lake/Upper Deer Valley. Topics of discussion will include: early beginnings of Park City, Silver Lake, McHenry’s, Ontario, Snow Park, Silver King, Daly Canyon Mines, Silver King, the Ontario Mill, Old Town via Park Avenue to Main Street. We will finish the tour at the Rotary Park where we will eat our lunches. Please bring your own helmet (if you have one. White Pine provides them with bike rental), a water bottle, sunglasses, sunscreen, lunch, and comfortable athletic attire. Please, no sandals.
To sign-up for the bike tour, please contact Diane Knispel education@parkcityhistory.org. Please note that there is a limit of 15 people. You need to be a member in order to sign-up for the bike tour. If you are not a member, and you would like to go, please sign-up as a member on our website. If you sign-up and then decide you can’t go, please notify Diane ASAP. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Woodside, Mayflower and Silver King Hike on September 26 with Sandy Brumley to begin at 10:45 a.m.
2021-09-26 10:45 - 13:45
Woodside, Mayflower and Silver King Hike on September 26 with Sandy Brumley to begin at 10:45 a.m.
This hike will meet at the base of Payday Chair at Park City Mountain Resort. You can park in the Main Lot. Unknown Adit – a small iron grate covers the entrance to a very old adit that was likely a “glory hole” for early development related to the Woodside Mine. Unknown Tunnel – a substantially larger tunnel nearby the adit was dug later in the development of the Woodside. Could this have been the tunnel dug by Tom Kearns which lead to his discovery of the ore deposits in the Mayflower Claim? Site of the Woodside Mine – we’ll walk up from the unknown tunnel to the well-known site of the Woodside Mine. In addition to a discussion of the Woodside, we’ll also describe the Northland-Mayflower Suit and how the Silver Queen (Susanna Branford) was able to retain her inheritance from a lawsuit pressed by R.C. Chambers against the Estate of Albion B. Emery. Site of the Mayflower Mine – here we’ll discuss the Mayflower Group, which formed the basis for amazing wealth for Tom Kearns and his partners, David Keith, Windsor Rice, John Judge and Albion Emery and his wife Susanna Branford. The Silver King Mill – the second of two mills built by The Silver King Coalition on this site, the first having been destroyed by fire. The Silver King Mine – the basis of fabulous wealth for Kearns and other members of what Thompson & Buck call “The Michigan Bunch.” Hike will be 2.5 hours is 3.4 miles long and has 915 vertical feet of elevation gain. Please bring water, snacks, lunch, sunscreen, etc. We’ll end up near Old Town, so you may want to plan a lunch for yourselves there at the conclusion of the hike!
To sign-up for hike, please contact Diane Knispel education@parkcityhistory.org. Please note that there is a limit of 25 people per hike and we usually have a waitlist. You need to be a member in order to sign-up for a hike. If you are not a member and you would like to go, please join as a member on our website. If you sign-up and then decide you can’t go, please notify Diane ASAP so someone else on the list can go instead. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

The Chinese in Utah’s History ZOOM Panel Discussion given by the Utah Chinese Association
2021-09-21 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host a ZOOM panel discussion with the Utah Chinese Association called The Chinese in Utah’s History on Tuesday, September 21st from 5-6 p.m. Please register for the Zoom panel discussion on Park City Museum’s website www.parkcityhistory.org/events and a link will be sent to you shortly before the event.

According to census records, the Chinese came to Utah before 1860. A number of those original Chinese immigrants found their way to Utah first as construction workers on the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento, California to Promontory, Utah in the late 1860s. Some of them came to Park City as miners, laundrymen, cooks, etc. Some Chinese even became outstanding businessmen.

In 1911, the provisional first president of the Republic of China came to Utah and lived briefly in Salt Lake City and Ogden. Ogden has a 110-year-old hotel, and its hotel’s letter paper is now preserved in China. In 1943, the first lady of China visited the United States, prompting the China-American alliance to fight with Japan. She once stayed in Utah for a short time. The Utah Chinese Association will share these historical stories of the Chinese in Utah with you.

Eyee Hsu, who is a native English speaker, a second generation Chinese, a professional host, will host the event. She will introduce general Utah Chinese History, the Chinese in Utah today, and the relationship between Utah and China today. Also, some second generation Chinese teenagers will tell a few stories about the Chinese in Utah too.

Questions? Please contact Diane Knispel education@parkcityhistory.org.

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Glenwood Cemetery Tour Afternoon 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.
2021-09-18 12:45 - 14:00
Historic Glenwood Cemetery Tours 2021
The Park City Museum will be hosting Historic Glenwood Cemetery Tours on Saturday, September 18, 2021 from 10:45am-12pm and 12:45pm-2:00pm. Rain date for the event will be scheduled the next day on Sunday, September 19th. Park City history will come alive through reenactors in costume standing at various gravesites discussing life and death in the old historic mining town. Founders of Glenwood: Park City’s Fraternal Orders and How They Helped in Times of Need will be the overall theme this year. The tours this year are dedicated in memory of Bruce Erikson who was President and Committee Chair of the Glenwood Cemetery for years.
The tours will cost $15 per person and are appropriate for ages 10 years and older. This will be a fundraiser for the historic cemetery. Space is limited and reservations are required. Please visit Park City Museum’s website www.parkcityhistory.org to sign-up for the event. There is one morning sign-up and one afternoon sign-up. No dogs please.
This year’s characters will include Roy Fletcher, Lovinia Jensen, Missouri Brewer, Ancil Johnson and others who will all be portrayed by local volunteers.
The cemetery is located at the end of Silver King Drive, near the intersection of Silver King Drive and Three Kings Drive.
For more information, call the Park City Museum at 435-574-9554 or go to the website www.parkcity.org.

Glenwood Cemetery Morning Tour 10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.
2021-09-18 10:45 - 12:00

Major John Wesley Powell Lecture given by Dorian DeMaio
2021-09-08 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host a lecture called Major John Wesley Powell given by Dorian DeMaio on Wednesday, September 8 from 5-6 pm. At the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center Building located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. To register for the in-person lecture please go to https://parkcityhistory.org/event/major-john-wesley-powell-lecture-given-by-dorian-demaio/.
In 1869 a company of explorers set off to survey the last uncharted territory in the American West by traveling down the Green and Colorado Rivers and becoming the first white men to brave the entirety of the Grand Canyon. Intended as an expedition of scientific survey and discovery, the journey became a fight for survival against unpredictable rapids and near starvation. They were led by a 35 year old naturalist/scientist, Major John Wesley Powell who had lost an arm in the Civil War. Of the ten men who challenged the river, six completed the 1000 mile trek, but incredibly none were taken by the rapids. None of the men had white water running experience or knowledge of the many hazards that lay ahead as they proceeded into the “Great Unknown”. Join Park City resident and pilot Dorian De Maio as he over-flies the expedition route describing the adventures and great hardships of the expedition team.
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Rescheduled! Ontario Ridge hike with Donald Roll, Wednesday September 1
2021-09-01 09:00 - 12:30
Wednesday, September 1 Ontario Ridge Hike with Don Roll. This hike will lead to Judge Mine. It is an intermediate hike about 4 miles with 700 vertical and will take 2.5 to 3 hours. Please meet at 9 a.m. at the Upper Sandridge Parking Lot on Marsac Avenue. Lot https://goo.gl/maps/PWQhBM9QuqzPrjVh6 Bring water, sunscreen, snacks, etc.
To sign-up for hike, please contact Donald Roll at donald.roll@outlook.com. Please note that there is a limit of 25 people per hike and we usually have a waitlist. You need to be a member in order to sign-up for a hike. If you are not a member and you would like to go, please join as a member on our website. If you sign-up and then decide you can’t go, please notify Don ASAP so someone else on the list can go instead. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Can’t Live Without You – Hummingbirds and Flowers In-Person Lecture given by James Cornett
2021-08-26 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host a lecture called Can’t Live Without You – Hummingbirds and Flowers given by James Cornett on Thursday, August 26th from 5-6 p.m. at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive in Park City. Please register online at https://parkcityhistory.org/event/cant-live-without-you-hummingbirds-and-flowers-given-by-james-cornett/.

Cornett’s fascination with flowering plants led him to study hummingbirds and their importance as pollinators as well as their unusual lifestyle. Our changing climate has resulted in new challenges to this curios group of birds which Cornett will discuss in detail, including how all of us can contribute to their continued success. Using marvelous photographs, touches of humor and surprising information, Cornett weaves a captivating story of a most unusual group of birds
With forty-two science and natural history books to his credit, author James W. Cornett is one of the West’s best-known naturalists. His book credits include Wildlife of the North American Deserts, Indian Uses of Desert Plants, and The Greater Roadrunner. His most recent book is titled Wildflowers of Park City and the Wasatch Mountains. He is also the author of Wildflowers of Anza-Borrego and Wildflowers of Joshua Tree National Park. Currently, he is completing a book titled Deserts of North America which includes Utah’s Great Basin Desert.

In addition to his books and award-winning Gannett natural history newspaper column, Mr. Cornett has written for numerous magazines including Natural History (published by the American Museum of Natural History), California Wild (published by the California Academy of Sciences), Harper’s and Westways to name only a few. He has also authored dozens of scientific papers and is one of the country’s leading experts on Utah’s iconic Joshua tree. He is currently researching the impact of climate change on this giant desert yucca and his work recently appeared on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. Past research has appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and New York Times.

Mr. Cornett holds both B.A. and M.S. degrees in biology and is the founder and principal biologist for JWC Ecological Consultants, Inc., an ecological consulting firm specializing in endangered species studies in the American West. He retired as Director of Natural Sciences at the Palm Springs Desert Museum in 2005. He lives in Palm Springs with his wife Terry and is a summer resident of Park City.

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Thaynes Canyon Hike with Sandy Brumley and Josh Grotstein August 25th at 10 a.m.
2021-08-25 10:00 - 13:00
Thaynes Canyon Hike with Sandy Brumley and Josh Grotstein August 25th at 10 a.m.
Park in the lot at the base of PCMR, where we’ll catch The Crescent Lift. We’ll hike from the top of the lift into the following sites: King Con Tram Counterweight – We’ll view this from the Crescent Chair. King Con Ore Bin & King Con Tram – while we won’t hike down to the ore bin, we’ll view it from above and have a view of where the King Con Tram, one of three aerial trams built to serve Park City mines, came over the ridge. The Keystone Mine – here we’ll see a grated tunnel and a few remaining scraps from the tracks of the ore carts used to remove waste rock and product from the mine. The California-Comstock Mine – perhaps (?) the oldest of the remaining buildings on the PCMR property. The Thaynes Headframe and Thaynes Conveyor – two of the largest projects of The Friends of Ski Mountain Mining. The Scene of the Crime – in August of 1883, Mat Brennan was shot by a sniper as he observed a geological survey being conducted for E.M. Wheeler by Joseph Gorlinski. John “Black Jack” Murphy was accused of being the shooter and was hung by vigilantes several days later. Was Black Jack the real killer? Dramatic speculation will ensue. The Crescent Mine – originally developed by John Daly under contract to a company organized by Ed Ferry. This and other properties in the area became key components of Silver King Consolidated aka King Con. We’ll hike back up to the Crescent Chairlift, which will return us to the base. This hike will take approximately 2.5 hours. Additional details will be provided, in a future release regarding this hike.
To sign-up for hike, please contact Diane Knispel education@parkcityhistory.org. Please note that there is a limit of 25 people per hike and we usually have a waitlist. You need to be a member in order to sign-up for a hike. If you are not a member and you would like to go, please join as a member on our website. If you sign-up and then decide you can’t go, please notify Diane ASAP so someone else on the list can go instead. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

CANCELED! Ontario Ridge Hike with Don Roll on Wednesday, August 18th
2021-08-18 09:00 - 12:00
This hike is canceled due to weather concerns. It will be rescheduled for a later date.
Wednesday, August 18th Ontario Ridge Hike with Don Roll. This hike will lead to Judge Mine. It is an intermediate hike about 4 miles with 700 vertical and will take 2.5 to 3 hours. Please meet at 9 a.m. at Upper Marsac Parking Lot https://goo.gl/maps/PWQhBM9QuqzPrjVh6 Bring water, sunscreen, snacks, etc.
To sign-up for hike, please contact Diane Knispel education@parkcityhistory.org. Please note that there is a limit of 25 people per hike and we usually have a waitlist. You need to be a member in order to sign-up for a hike. If you are not a member and you would like to go, please join as a member on our website. If you sign-up and then decide you can’t go, please notify Diane ASAP so someone else on the list can go instead. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Crescent Lift Hike with Don Roll and Sally Elliott on Thursday, August 12th
2021-08-12 09:00 - 12:00
Thursday, August 12th Crescent Lift Hike with Don Roll and Sally Elliott. This hike will feature the King Con Ore Bin and the Silver King Headframe mining sites. It is a lift assisted hike (up Crescent, down Payday), is approximately 3 miles and will take 2 to 2.5 hours. Please meet at 9 a.m. at the Park City Base Area on the plaza adjacent to Payday lift. If you have an Epic Pass, please bring it with you. Park City Mountain Resort will supply a complimentary lift ride ticket for those who need it. Bring water, sunscreen, snacks, lunch, etc.
To sign-up for hike, please contact Diane Knispel education@parkcityhistory.org. Please note that there is a limit of 25 people per hike and we usually have a waitlist. You need to be a member in order to sign-up for a hike. If you are not a member and you would like to go, please join as a member on our website. If you sign-up and then decide you can’t go, please notify Diane ASAP so someone else on the list can go instead. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
