Lisa Goes to Washington
President Joe Biden declared January 9, 2025 as Jimmy Carter Day, a National Day of Mourning for…
Education
Professor John Cone, part 2
This is the second of two articles on Professor John Cone. Last week, I discussed my vicarious…
Professor John Cone, part 1
I never met John Cone directly. He passed away on June 15, 1988, four years before professional responsibilities…
Park City’s Music Man, part 2
This is the second of two articles about Parkite Jim Santy, continued from last week. Above all…
A High School for Park City
Starting out as a boomtown meant that Parkites had to create and build many of the necessary…
A Park City High School Experience in the 1940s
The following is an excerpt from an oral history the author conducted with Howard Berry, Jr., who…
School Vaccination Programs
At the start of the school year few things are less pleasing to students than receiving vaccinations.…
A Dream Secured
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Balancing School, Life, and Work
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Jim Hewitson’s Unique Education, part two
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Jim Hewitson’s Unique Education, part one
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
A Look at the Lincoln School
Park City’s Lincoln School was built in 1896 as an elementary school – one of three schools…
How We Understand the Settlement of the American West
Few historical figures have been as revered in the collective American imagination as Meriwether Lewis and William…
A Public Library for Park City
“It seems evident to all that there is a crying need in our town, a live town…
Cultivation of Mind and Heart
In first couple of decades of Park City’s history, the town’s schooling system was limited. The first…
The Life and Times of Charlie Woodbury
When Charles Woodbury first moved to Park City with his wife and son, he applied for the…
New Buildings for Park City High Schoolers
“All schools will open for the regular school year next Monday, September 28, at 8 a.m.,” the…
Growing Up in a Mining Town
A voice often missing in history is that of the child. Though in recent years there has…
Devoted to Dancing
Though her time in Park City was short, the final piece in our Women’s History Month series…