Otto Carpenter is best known as one of the founders of Snow Park, the old mom-and-pop ski…
In 1946 Otto Carpenter and Bob Burns opened Snow Park, Park City’s first alpine ski area. In…
Park City has a long and fabled history of prostitution. For 75 years, the brothels that operated…
This is the second article covering Park City’s earliest skiers. The first ran on January 24. The…
(This first-person style article first ran in August 2019.) I was born in Missouri in 1859 to…
Saturday February 27, 1971 provided a rare opportunity to experience a historic event: riding the final passenger…
This is the first article in an occasional series covering the history of the Flinders Ranch, the…
Often, we attribute the title of Park City’s first skier to Emmett “Bud” Wright, who used skis…
It’s that time of year again: The 2024 Sundance Film Festival will take place from January 18…
On February 20, 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes sent the name of New Yorker Michael Shaughnessy to…
“What tragic, criminal, treacherous, appalling changes have come to this great country of ours since we went…
On Wednesday October 11, 2023 Keith Droste joined his fellow hard-rock brethren in the “great beyond.” No…
This is the second of two articles about Parkite Jim Santy, continued from last week. Above all…
This is the first of two articles about Parkite Jim Santy. “I’ll be a resident of this…
Solon Spiro is best known in Park City for his development of the Silver King Consolidated Mine…
Cornwall lies at the southwestern tip of Great Britain. Though it’s administered as a county of England…
Over the years, Park City has had many people of Spanish descent make their home here –…
Starting out as a boomtown meant that Parkites had to create and build many of the necessary…
The following is an excerpt from an oral history the author conducted with Howard Berry, Jr., who…
In 1897, the year after Utah achieved statehood, the state legislature approved funds to build a “State…
Anyone who has recreated in Thaynes Canyon knows it is an active, well-traveled place. Turns out that’s…
On August 10, 1923, this item appeared in the Park Record: “At the L.D.S hospital, Salt Lake,…
Many people can reminisce about the history through which they have lived. This writer, for example, has…
The following is the third article in a series on the idea to build a ski resort…
The following is the second article in a series on the idea to build a ski resort…
The following is the first article in a series on the idea to build a ski resort…
Every July the Oakley Rodeo attracts hundreds of professional contestants and thousands of spectators to a four-day…
The following is an excerpt from an oral history with three of the Sundstrom children (Doris, Patricia,…
Politics are not often polite. And that phenomenon is not unique to today (or just the U.S.).…
Content warning for description of injuries. The Park City Museum’s Annual Historic Home Tour returns on June…
On May 26, 1983, forty years ago this week, The Newspaper, a brash upstart weekly that gave…
The Park City Museum is hosting a lecture called “Marcus Daly’s Utah Years” given by attorney and…
Kendall Webb, born in West Virginia, moved to Park City in 1946. Prior to that, he worked…
Most stories written today about the Great Salt Lake have to do with its fragile ecosystem. Without…
The following is the fifth and final article in a series on Park City and Ketchum, Idaho.…
Meeche White grew up with three cousins who are deaf. Her experiences with them in school gave…
The following is the fourth article in a series on Park City and Ketchum, Idaho.In 1936 Averell…
Above Shoe Tree Park, just east of the Poison Creek Trail, an electrical box clings to a…
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…