Rectangles, T’s, and Pyramids
Each summer, the Park City Museum hosts its annual Historic Home Tour featuring different neighborhoods around town.…
Park City
Growing Up in a Mining Town
A voice often missing in history is that of the child. Though in recent years there has…
Passing the ‘Golden Rule’ Along
In 1944, in anticipation of a post-war economic downturn, the Safeway Company initiated a cut-and-run maneuver and…
The Golden Rule
Today "350 Main" is known as one of Park City's finest restaurants. Let's explore this building's illustrious…
The Madam of Park City
Our series on women’s history would be remiss not to touch upon prostitution. It was a fact…
Women’s Athenaeum Club of Park City
In recognition of Women’s History Month, we’ve been learning about women in Park City. Today we look…
In Plain Sight
Everyone parking off Swede Alley behind the Marsac Municipal Building should know there are two remnants of…
Park City in 1915
As 2015 draws to a close, we recognize that, like any year, it had its ups and…
Game of Phones
Park City grew rapidly in its early days and was flush with new money from silver mining. …
The Upper End of Town
When silver was first discovered in Summit County in the late 1860s, miners lived near the original…
Step Right Up!
Come one! Come all! To the greatest show on Earth! Anytime the circus was coming to town,…
Shorty’s Twenty-three Stairs
I came across a print of “Shorty’s Stairs” at a furniture consignment store in town. As a…
‘A Glorious Past and a Bright Future’
“The year which will in a few hours vanish into the great past, and become but a…
Child Star Gone Bad
The news out of Hollywood these days is filled with high intensity drama. Some believe it is…