Empty Promises
Next Wednesday, September 16, Park City Museum members will visit the site of the Nelson Queen Mine…
Prohibition
Poison is Unregulated
We might imagine the “Roaring ‘20s” and Prohibition as a time of excess and excitement. However, the…
Prohibition and the Central Hotel
268 Main Street is one of Park City’s oldest buildings. Originally constructed in the early 1880s, it…
Drying Up the “Wettest Spot in Utah”
Many argued that the prohibition of intoxicating beverages, implemented throughout Utah in 1917 and nation-wide in 1920,…
“King Booze” Dethroned and Dead
The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic…
Bootleggers Pay with Banana Splits
If you were hiking in the mountains one summer day and you stumbled upon a still supervised…