Water and Trying Times for the Anchor Mine, part 2
This story is continued from January 31. In 1889 the Anchor Mine hired two different drilling contractors…
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Love and Partnership in Life and Business
This is the first article in an occasional series covering the history of the Flinders Ranch, the…
Water and Trying Times for the Anchor Mine, part 1
Mining is a challenging business, starting with finding valuable minerals to develop and even just getting to…
When Did Skiing Arrive in Park City? Part 1
Often, we attribute the title of Park City’s first skier to Emmett “Bud” Wright, who used skis…
A Workingmen’s Party: Socialists in Park City
In the 20th century, unionized Park City miners sometimes became involved with radical left-wing politics, much to…
The Hewitson Family Tradition
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Emmett “Bud” Wright Put Parkites on Skis
You no doubt have stopped between the front of the Park City Museum and Dolly’s Bookstore to…
Housing Reform in 1901: NYC v. Park City
The Park City Museum is currently hosting the traveling exhibit, Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half…
Too Close to Home: Keetley’s Japanese Relocation Farm
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt uprooted the lives of 110,000…
The Park City Miners’ Strike of 1919
On May 4, 1919 approximately one thousand Park City miners joined forces with organized labor to embark…
Labor Unrest Grows after WWI
Mormons arrived in Utah 21 years prior to ore discovery in Park City and there was inadequate…
Park City in 1915
As 2015 draws to a close, we recognize that, like any year, it had its ups and…
Miners’ Union Day
Parade, festivities, mucking and drilling contest…no Miner’s Day is complete without all of these activities! In the…
Don’t Mourn, Organize!
"Goodbye Bill. I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize." On…