Park City had three aerial tramway systems serving different mining operations. The most prominent was the Silver…
The U.S. Geological Survey maps of Park City refer to the perennial stream originating in lower Deer…
This is the second of two articles on Professor John Cone. Last week, I discussed my vicarious…
I never met John Cone directly. He passed away on June 15, 1988, four years before professional responsibilities…
John Edward “Jack” Inman, who was born in Great Britain, wanted an opportunity to be judged based…
The next time you ride the Jordanelle Gondola at Deer Valley Resort, take a quick look to…
This story is continued from January 31. In 1889 the Anchor Mine hired two different drilling contractors…
Mining is a challenging business, starting with finding valuable minerals to develop and even just getting to…
On February 20, 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes sent the name of New Yorker Michael Shaughnessy to…
In an essay called “The Hidden Life of a Miner,” Park City historian Gary Kimball recalled overhearing…
On Wednesday October 11, 2023 Keith Droste joined his fellow hard-rock brethren in the “great beyond.” No…
Solon Spiro is best known in Park City for his development of the Silver King Consolidated Mine…
Improvise, adapt, overcome is a mindset, a philosophy embodied in the culture of the U.S. Marine Corps…
Cornwall lies at the southwestern tip of Great Britain. Though it’s administered as a county of England…
The Park City Museum is advertising its annual Glenwood Cemetery event, taking place Oct. 7, as “Scandals…
A frequent question we get or myth we hear at the Museum is about whether the Town…
One of only a few boarding houses from any part of town to survive until today, the…
In 1897, the year after Utah achieved statehood, the state legislature approved funds to build a “State…
The following is the first article in a series on the idea to build a ski resort…
Content warning for description of injuries. The Park City Museum’s Annual Historic Home Tour returns on June…
The Park City Museum is hosting a lecture called “Marcus Daly’s Utah Years” given by attorney and…
One of Park City’s most unique buildings sits at the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Heber…
The following is the third article in a series on Park City and Ketchum, Idaho. The last…
The following is the second article in a series on Park City and Ketchum, Idaho. Welcome back…
The following is the first article in a series on Park City and Ketchum, Idaho. Park City…
The Park City mining industry had its beginnings in the early 1870s with the development of the…
Park City was known, of course, for our rich silver deposits long before we could co-lay claim…
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
The term “lynching” arises from the American Revolution, when Charles Lynch, a Virginia planter, held irregular courts…
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Park City underwent significant economic and social changes in the 1960s as it started evolving from a…
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Mining in Park City began in earnest in the 1870s, and by 1903 the terrain around Park…
David Chase McLaughlin’s parents had grown up in Scotland and met on the same ship coming to…
The fascinating Ephraim Hanks caught my attention many years ago as I researched the early mining pioneers…
The Park City Museum is hosting a traveling exhibit called “Viewed From Afar: European Prints of the…
Before Park City’s days as a tourist destination with world-class skiing and resorts, it was widely known…
This history is written from the perspective of a figurative miner at the Mayflower Mine, based on…