Thanksgiving 1918 and Thanksgiving 2020
Perhaps no year is more relevant than this one to take a look back at Thanksgiving 1918,…
Influenza
Edward LeCompte, Pioneer Doctor to All
When the 1918 flu epidemic reached Park City, the town went under quarantine at the insistence of…
Echoes of the 1918 Spanish Flu Appear Today
School closed, public gatherings banned, restaurants and businesses shuttered, people sick in our community from a new…
Looking back at Park City one hundred years ago
As is tradition for this column as the year winds down, let’s take a look at Park…
But for a Box of Apples…
We know next to nothing about Armendio Novario outside of the few details in the Park Record…
Fighting to be Flu-free
As you read here last week, Park City did not escape the “Spanish flu” pandemic that ravaged…
Pandemic arrives in the Park
For those unfamiliar with details of the 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic here are some statistics: it affected…