The first peacetime draft in the history of the United States commenced on September 16, 1940 in…
The term “lynching” arises from the American Revolution, when Charles Lynch, a Virginia planter, held irregular courts…
When the Glenwood was established in 1885, the five acres were divided into blocks that were assigned…
David Chase McLaughlin’s parents had grown up in Scotland and met on the same ship coming to…
In 2005, Park City historian Gary Kimball published a seminal work: “Death & Dying in Old Park…
Established in 1885, the Glenwood Cemetery’s five acres were purchased by Park City’s fraternal organizations to provide…
Before Park City’s days as a tourist destination with world-class skiing and resorts, it was widely known…
If the history of Park City is any indication, the luck of the Irish is not evenly…
Today, Park City is a winter sports hub. Before the ski resorts we see today, Parkites could…
Charles “Chuck” Lloyd purchased the Egyptian Theater in 1948 from John and Eliza Rugar, though there were…
Stipen Marinic was exactly five months shy of his fifteenth birthday when he arrived in the United…
John Leo “Jack” McKissick was born on September 6, 1918 in Park City. A stocky, but athletic…
This is the eleventh article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
If you think 2020 is a train wreck, the nascent railroad industry was deluged with train wrecks…
Perhaps no year is more relevant than this one to take a look back at Thanksgiving 1918,…
The Park City Museum recently hosted a lecture on a series of murders in Park City, the…
It was only open for a few years; yet the Park City Silver Mine Adventure, where visitors…
Much of Park City’s population was made up of immigrants when it was a silver mining town. …
(Eighth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine). My life was tough…
It was just after four o’clock in the afternoon of August 18, 1923 when James Healey and…
Entry into World War II left Park City’s mines shorthanded. By early 1942, a total of 346…
When the 1918 flu epidemic reached Park City, the town went under quarantine at the insistence of…
The lore of Tommy Knockers was so integrated into Park City’s mining history, one jeweler decided to…
Albert Holindrake, furthest left, sitting, and his family in 1906. His wife, Nancy, and his children were…
Life in Park City was not always easy for those who lived in the early 1900’s. Diseases…
Somewhere about the 35-foot level of the Flagstaff Mine, and moments after he called his friends above…
Unlike this year, Tuesday, June 18, 1940 broke all records for June heat when Salt Lake City…
It is often said that losing a child is the most enduring pain a parent can suffer. …
Think for a minute what it would be like to bail out of an airplane from 14,000…
“One of the most foul and cowardly murders that has ever darkened the criminal record of Park…
Rebecca Simmons was born in Brazil in 1866. Her family came from Cornwall, England, a place where…
Ellen Sloan was born in Ireland in 1855, before silver was even discovered in Park City. She…
On September 22, the Park City Museum will be hosting tours at the Glenwood Cemetery. In anticipation…
In 1996 the Glenwood Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. As unique as…
“It seems almost a libel on our city government, on the fire department, and on the entire…
On November 17, 1941, a B-18 Army bomber fell from the sky above Park City, engulfed in…
Samuel Simmons was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England in 1869. As you may have read in this…
At 11:20pm, July 15, 1902, a powder magazine stored underground at the Daly West mine exploded. At…
We might imagine the “Roaring ‘20s” and Prohibition as a time of excess and excitement. However, the…
On Sunday, November 15, 1941 airmen of the 88th Reconnaissance Squadron based at Fort Douglas prepared their…