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…
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Two-thousand twenty-two was an excellent year for the Park City Museum in all aspects of our organization.For…
The first peacetime draft in the history of the United States commenced on September 16, 1940 in…
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…
In their book accompanying the Smithsonian traveling exhibit ¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues /…
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
On September 15, 1916, members of the Summit County Democrats were on their way from Park City…
Images of lands traversed and things encountered have long been important findings of explorations. The Lewis and…
In May, we put out an article on Alex Hamlin, who was a barber in Park City…
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…
In 2005, Park City historian Gary Kimball published a seminal work: “Death & Dying in Old Park…
Established in 1885, the Glenwood Cemetery’s five acres were purchased by Park City’s fraternal organizations to provide…
This is the ninth and final article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Many Parkites…
This is the eighth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. By 1926, Prohibition was…
The Park City Museum is hosting a traveling exhibit called “Viewed From Afar: European Prints of the…
This is the fifth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. W.R. Jefford, born 1875…
This is the fourth article in a series on Prohibition in Park City. Alex Hamlin, referred to…
Dig deep enough into the hillside below the Fireside Condominiums parking lot – site of the old…
Said one old timer Parkite, given the pseudonym Pat by the Park Record in a 1979 story,…
This history is written from the perspective of a figurative miner at the Mayflower Mine, based on…
This history is written from the perspective of a figurative miner at the Mayflower Mine, based on…
If the history of Park City is any indication, the luck of the Irish is not evenly…
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, much of which was…
Today, Park City is a winter sports hub. Before the ski resorts we see today, Parkites could…
Charles “Chuck” Lloyd purchased the Egyptian Theater in 1948 from John and Eliza Rugar, though there were…
In the late 19th century, Utah’s primary political parties were not the Democratic and Republican Parties, but…
This is the eighth article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
This is the seventh article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
We are delighted to announce the selection of Morgan Pierce as our new Executive Director! Chosen after…