Tough Times Don’t Delay the Holidays, part 1
Park City’s economic decline began with the onset of the Great Depression, and it would only get…
Holidays
Thanksgiving Meals and Fall Hayrides
For many adults, Thanksgiving has a way of sneaking up on us. We know it’s coming, we…
Halloween from its Origins to Park City
Halloween has its earliest origins with the ancient Celtic festival Samhain, which took place on October 31…
The Other Ecker Hill Monument
When near the Ecker Hill Middle School, look for the flag flying on a nearby peak. That’s…
Flowers and Flags
Memorial Day, originally declared Decoration Day, was first observed as a national holiday on May 30, 1868,…
A Legendary Meal
On Mother’s Day years ago, the most coveted reservation in Utah was a table at the Flinders…
A Party in the Dungeon
Each year, the Park City Museum hosts an annual membership party and fundraiser for all its members.…
“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…
A Valentine’s Tragedy
Charles “Chuck” Lloyd purchased the Egyptian Theater in 1948 from John and Eliza Rugar, though there were…
Thanksgiving 1946
Thanksgiving fell on November 28 in 1946. It was the first full year following the end of…
A Face Not Your Own
Last week, we discussed minstrelsy in Park City and established how its use of blackface makeup and…
The Great Flower Run
George Wanning was a prominent member of Park City in the 1900s, owning a saloon on Main…
Thanksgiving 1918 and Thanksgiving 2020
Perhaps no year is more relevant than this one to take a look back at Thanksgiving 1918,…
Whatever Happened to the Silver Mine Adventure?
It was only open for a few years; yet the Park City Silver Mine Adventure, where visitors…
Park City Museum: A Year Gone By and a Year to Come
The Park City Museum has had a wonderful year (and decade)! Along with celebrating our 35th birthday,…
‘Tis the Season of Giving
While it’s great to receive gifts for the holidays, especially from loved ones, most would argue that…
Thanksgiving Is For the Slopes
Many people throughout the country get together with family or friends on Thanksgiving. They sit around a…
Scared of a Little Soap
When most people think of Halloween, they think of Trick-or-treating. They focus on going door-to-door asking for…
Toasting to Breaking a Leg…and the Luck o’ the Irish
In this photo from 1899, these amateur actors, including Irishman Jim Burns (far right), raised their glasses…
A Celebration of Spring
It’s officially May and spring is in the air. It’s the time of year when various cultures,…
A Valentine’s Day Greeting
The above Valentine was sent to Elizabeth Nancarrow from her cousin Annie Bishop, ca.1910. It was included…
Wooing by Moonlight
With Valentine’s Day coming up soon, we’re reminded that each generation has its own courting traditions. In…
Thanksgiving in the Park
Thanksgiving Day, November 1903, dawned unseasonably warm, “the most spring like…that Park City has ever had,” according…
Thanksgiving, Compliments of Wells Fargo
In the classic musical, The Music Man, the residents of River City rush the streets with shouts…
The Widow’s Walk
Everyone loves ghost stories, especially when they’re true. One of Park City’s spine-tingling tales is the story…
A Smashing Good Time
Whether it’s racing them, fixing them, or simply taking them out for Sunday drives through the country,…
Miners’ Union Day
Parade, festivities, mucking and drilling contest…no Miner’s Day is complete without all of these activities! In the…
Hospital Day
Thank you for joining us for the last installment in a series of articles about the names…
Fools on the Slopes
April Fools’ Day is next Wednesday, are you ready for some clowning around? “In the rest of…
‘A Glorious Past and a Bright Future’
“The year which will in a few hours vanish into the great past, and become but a…
An Enchanting Christmas
Since the holiday season is upon us, let us take a moment to remember the senior class’…