Prohibition Peters Out
This is the seventh article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Raids in Park City…
Living Conditions
The Park Record Pleads for Prohibition
This is the second article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. “Park City is ‘dry,’…
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…