Vigilante Justice: “Necktie Socials” in Utah
The term “lynching” arises from the American Revolution, when Charles Lynch, a Virginia planter, held irregular courts…
Law and Order
Jail Break
In May, we put out an article on Alex Hamlin, who was a barber in Park City…
The Drunken Doctor
This is the ninth and final article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Many Parkites…
Mayors’ Daughter Nearly Kidnapped
This is the eighth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. By 1926, Prohibition was…
Prohibition Peters Out
This is the seventh article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Raids in Park City…
The Park Record Grows Frustrated with Prohibition Violation
This is the sixth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “Ever since Prohibition went…
The Governor’s Undercover Brother and the W.R. Jefford Saga
This is the fifth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. W.R. Jefford, born 1875…
Barber, Brawler, and Bootlegger Alex Hamlin
This is the fourth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Alex Hamlin, referred to…
Prohibition Pays
This is the third article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “The prohibition law ……
The Park Record Pleads for Prohibition
This is the second article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “Park City is ‘dry,’…
Prohibition Approaches Park City
This is the first article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Nationwide Prohibition was ratified…
A Brief History of Cannabis in Park City
Situated mostly at altitudes surpassing 7,000 feet – as the t-shirts in the window displays exclaim –…
The King of All Indoor Sports
Said one old timer Parkite, given the pseudonym Pat by the Park Record in a 1979 story,…
From Jubilance to Disappointment
This is the thirteenth and final article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver…
Appealing for More Than Money
This is the twelfth article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
Treweek Fights to the End
This is the eleventh article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
The King Wins and Loses
This is the tenth article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
An Original Error
This is the ninth article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
Presenting the Case
This is the eighth article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
The Elephant in the Mine
This is the seventh article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
A Birthday to Forget
This is the sixth article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
Subtleties and Difficulties of Surveying
This is the fifth article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
Some Trouble with Surveys
This is the fourth article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
The Judge Orders A Survey
This is the third article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
The King Answers the Colonel
This is the second article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
The Colonel
On January 8, 1908, 57-year-old mining promoter Nicholas Treweek filed a lawsuit in United States Circuit Court…
Black Jack Murphy: Why the Nickname?
The Park City Museum recently hosted a lecture on a series of murders in Park City, the…
Snake Creek versus Midway
“Development work is also being pushed from the Snake Creek tunnel side with a view of tapping…
The Midway Irrigation Company
Who owns the water in a drain tunnel dug by a mining company – the irrigation company…
The Snake Creek Tunnel
If a mining company drives a tunnel nearly three miles into the heart of a mountain it…
An Imperial Legacy
John Bogan was a Park City pioneer. He emigrated from Ireland to Illinois in 1857 where he…
A Most Honorable Parkite
With this year’s debate regarding a Supreme Court vacancy, Parkites might be surprised to learn that a…
Park City in 1915
As 2015 draws to a close, we recognize that, like any year, it had its ups and…
Bootleggers Pay with Banana Splits
If you were hiking in the mountains one summer day and you stumbled upon a still supervised…
Child Star Gone Bad
The news out of Hollywood these days is filled with high intensity drama. Some believe it is…