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…
Living Conditions
Copper-Bottomed Conscience: The Michigan Bunch
From our early days, the real estate business has been a contact sport around these parts. In…
The American Dream Torpedoed, part 2
The first chapter of our story (from May 1) discussed John Edward “Jack” Inman’s immigration to the…
Otto Carpenter Built More Than Snow Park
Otto Carpenter is best known as one of the founders of Snow Park, the old mom-and-pop ski…
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
Improvise, adapt, overcome is a mindset, a philosophy embodied in the culture of the U.S. Marine Corps…
Tallies of Woe: Glenwood Cemetery
The Park City Museum is advertising its annual Glenwood Cemetery event, taking place Oct. 7, as “Scandals…
Thaynes Canyon Through the Years
Anyone who has recreated in Thaynes Canyon knows it is an active, well-traveled place. Turns out that’s…
History Lived
Many people can reminisce about the history through which they have lived. This writer, for example, has…
The Home Front: Park City and Rationing during WWII
After the United States entered World War II in December 1947, the federal government implemented a national…
The Ghost of Easy Street
Above Shoe Tree Park, just east of the Poison Creek Trail, an electrical box clings to a…
A Scale of Death in Park City
In 2005, Park City historian Gary Kimball published a seminal work: “Death & Dying in Old Park…
Prohibition Peters Out
This is the seventh article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Raids in Park City…
The Park Record Pleads for Prohibition
This is the second article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “Park City is ‘dry,’…
Going Downhill Is All Right with the Kids
Today, Park City is a winter sports hub. Before the ski resorts we see today, Parkites could…
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…
It Covered the Town
Coal was an important resource for mining communities. Not only for the mines and their machines, but…
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…
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…
An Ideal Utah Town
Park City the ideal place to live in Utah, even in 1919 Today, Park City is lauded…
The Erasure of a Community
The 1880s were a watershed decade for Chinese residents of the United States. The 1882 Chinese Exclusion…
An Imperial Legacy
John Bogan was a Park City pioneer. He emigrated from Ireland to Illinois in 1857 where he…
A Parkite’s Siberian Saga
“Take good care of yourself and baby and don’t worry about me for I am alright and…
Summit County Inhabitants Before the Silver Rush
Before Park City was mining country, the area attracted humans to hunt wild game and fish. While…
Snow Patrol
“‘Oceans of snow’ and no place to move it presents a very ‘tough’ problem… the past winter…
Demonstrating Dignity and Strength in the Face of Adversity
Thank you for joining us for the second part of this article about the Japanese-American community located…
Unwelcome in Their Adopted and Often Native Country
George Takei, of Star Trek and social media fame, has increased public awareness of the internment of…