Political Violence
Politics are not often polite. And that phenomenon is not unique to today (or just the U.S.).…
Crime
Vigilante Justice: “Necktie Socials” in Utah
The term “lynching” arises from the American Revolution, when Charles Lynch, a Virginia planter, held irregular courts…
Jail Break
In May, we put out an article on Alex Hamlin, who was a barber in Park City…
The Drunken Doctor
This is the ninth and final article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Many Parkites…
Mayors’ Daughter Nearly Kidnapped
This is the eighth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. By 1926, Prohibition was…
Prohibition Peters Out
This is the seventh article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Raids in Park City…
The Park Record Grows Frustrated with Prohibition Violation
This is the sixth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “Ever since Prohibition went…
The Governor’s Undercover Brother and the W.R. Jefford Saga
This is the fifth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. W.R. Jefford, born 1875…
Barber, Brawler, and Bootlegger Alex Hamlin
This is the fourth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Alex Hamlin, referred to…
Prohibition Pays
This is the third article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “The prohibition law ……
The Park Record Pleads for Prohibition
This is the second article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “Park City is ‘dry,’…
Prohibition Approaches Park City
This is the first article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Nationwide Prohibition was ratified…
A Brief History of Cannabis in Park City
Situated mostly at altitudes surpassing 7,000 feet – as the t-shirts in the window displays exclaim –…
The King of All Indoor Sports
Said one old timer Parkite, given the pseudonym Pat by the Park Record in a 1979 story,…
That Fateful Night
Forty years ago this week, on a Sunday afternoon, July 19, 1981, the Beach Boys were playing…
Taking It Too Far
Joe Brandl was a popular figure in Park City from the 1890s through 1910. A butcher for…
Black Jack Murphy: Why the Nickname?
The Park City Museum recently hosted a lecture on a series of murders in Park City, the…
Standing Ground Against Insufficient Evidence
This story is continued from June 19, 2019. Reeling from the death of his five-year-old daughter, Rockport,…
From Frontier Justice to Justice of the Peace
Through films, reality TV, and media the phrase ‘snitches get stitches’ has entered the lexicon of everyday…
A Shocking Crime in Old Park City
“One of the most foul and cowardly murders that has ever darkened the criminal record of Park…
Changing Standards for Milk
Public health became an increasingly prevalent concern in the United States in the late nineteenth century. As…
Prohibition and the Central Hotel
268 Main Street is one of Park City’s oldest buildings. Originally constructed in the early 1880s, it…
Drying Up the “Wettest Spot in Utah”
Many argued that the prohibition of intoxicating beverages, implemented throughout Utah in 1917 and nation-wide in 1920,…
The Mysterious Case of William Kennedy
Deep in the middle of the night in mid-July of 1882, men were roused from their sleep…
Bridget Sweeney…Poisoner!
In November 1887, citizens of Park City were shocked to learn of the attempted poisoning murder of…
Park City in 1915
As 2015 draws to a close, we recognize that, like any year, it had its ups and…
Did Butch Cassidy rob the Oak Saloon?
There were over twenty bars on Park City's Main Street in the early 1900s. Of them all,…
The Bullet Complex
Marie Arthur, our “woman slayer” from last week, was back in the headlines in 1916, just over…
Murder and All That Jazz
Ten years before Chicago’s Murderess Row inspired the play, and later musical, Chicago, Park City had its…
Don’t Mourn, Organize!
"Goodbye Bill. I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize." On…
The Savage Siblings
Nearly 10 million emigrants left Ireland over a two hundred year period that began around 1700 and…
Bootleggers Pay with Banana Splits
If you were hiking in the mountains one summer day and you stumbled upon a still supervised…
Child Star Gone Bad
The news out of Hollywood these days is filled with high intensity drama. Some believe it is…