Glenwood Cemetery: Park City’s Storybook
One of Park City’s greatest historical resources, the Glenwood Cemetery is located at the end of Silver…
Death
The Other Ecker Hill Monument
When near the Ecker Hill Middle School, look for the flag flying on a nearby peak. That’s…
Immigrants Make Park City Home
Our theme this year at the annual Glenwood Cemetery Tribute event featuring ghosts on Saturday, September 28…
The American Dream Torpedoed, part 4
This is the fourth and final chapter of our series, “The American Dream Torpedoed.” To recap, Jack…
The American Dream Torpedoed, part 2
The first chapter of our story (from May 1) discussed John Edward “Jack” Inman’s immigration to the…
Tragic Turns in the Ferry Family History
In Park City, Edward Payson (E.P.) Ferry is known for successful investments in local mines and an…
The Tragic Demise of June St. Clair
Park City has a long and fabled history of prostitution. For 75 years, the brothels that operated…
The Last Living Expert
On Wednesday October 11, 2023 Keith Droste joined his fellow hard-rock brethren in the “great beyond.” No…
Tallies of Woe: Glenwood Cemetery
The Park City Museum is advertising its annual Glenwood Cemetery event, taking place Oct. 7, as “Scandals…
A Kittie At Miners’ Hospital
In 1897, the year after Utah achieved statehood, the state legislature approved funds to build a “State…
Political Violence
Politics are not often polite. And that phenomenon is not unique to today (or just the U.S.).…
A Neighborhood of Tragedy
Content warning for description of injuries. The Park City Museum’s Annual Historic Home Tour returns on June…
Craig Badami’s Impact
Park City has seen its share of world class skiers and snowboarders over the years – we…
The Ghost of Easy Street
Above Shoe Tree Park, just east of the Poison Creek Trail, an electrical box clings to a…
Stationed at Pearl Harbor
The first peacetime draft in the history of the United States commenced on September 16, 1940 in…
Vigilante Justice: “Necktie Socials” in Utah
The term “lynching” arises from the American Revolution, when Charles Lynch, a Virginia planter, held irregular courts…
A Modern Mystery at the Glenwood
When the Glenwood was established in 1885, the five acres were divided into blocks that were assigned…
Park City’s D.C. McLaughlin Family
David Chase McLaughlin’s parents had grown up in Scotland and met on the same ship coming to…
A Scale of Death in Park City
In 2005, Park City historian Gary Kimball published a seminal work: “Death & Dying in Old Park…
Enlivening the Glenwood Cemetery
Established in 1885, the Glenwood Cemetery’s five acres were purchased by Park City’s fraternal organizations to provide…
An Important Steel Monument
Before Park City’s days as a tourist destination with world-class skiing and resorts, it was widely known…
“Mike is gone.” – A Sad Tale for St. Patrick’s Day
If the history of Park City is any indication, the luck of the Irish is not evenly…
Going Downhill Is All Right with the Kids
Today, Park City is a winter sports hub. Before the ski resorts we see today, Parkites could…
A Valentine’s Tragedy
Charles “Chuck” Lloyd purchased the Egyptian Theater in 1948 from John and Eliza Rugar, though there were…
This Is Not a Drill
Stipen Marinic was exactly five months shy of his fifteenth birthday when he arrived in the United…
Park City’s Most Prominent Athlete
John Leo “Jack” McKissick was born on September 6, 1918 in Park City. A stocky, but athletic…
Treweek Fights to the End
This is the eleventh article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
From One Train Wreck to Another
If you think 2020 is a train wreck, the nascent railroad industry was deluged with train wrecks…
Thanksgiving 1918 and Thanksgiving 2020
Perhaps no year is more relevant than this one to take a look back at Thanksgiving 1918,…
Black Jack Murphy: Why the Nickname?
The Park City Museum recently hosted a lecture on a series of murders in Park City, the…
Whatever Happened to the Silver Mine Adventure?
It was only open for a few years; yet the Park City Silver Mine Adventure, where visitors…
The Life of Mary Rasmussen
Much of Park City’s population was made up of immigrants when it was a silver mining town. …
My story: John Judge
(Eighth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine). My life was tough…
The Grim Reaper at the Hamilton-Sprague
It was just after four o’clock in the afternoon of August 18, 1923 when James Healey and…
Dizziness and Shortness of Breath
Entry into World War II left Park City’s mines shorthanded. By early 1942, a total of 346…
Edward LeCompte, Pioneer Doctor to All
When the 1918 flu epidemic reached Park City, the town went under quarantine at the insistence of…
Death Knocks at the Door
The lore of Tommy Knockers was so integrated into Park City’s mining history, one jeweler decided to…
Death Shrouded in Mystery
Albert Holindrake, furthest left, sitting, and his family in 1906. His wife, Nancy, and his children were…
Unable to Heal
Life in Park City was not always easy for those who lived in the early 1900’s. Diseases…
The Fatal Flagstaff Fall
Somewhere about the 35-foot level of the Flagstaff Mine, and moments after he called his friends above…