In Her Own Words: The Life of Park City’s “Silver Queen”
(This first-person style article first ran in August 2019.) I was born in Missouri in 1859 to…
Women
Park City’s Oldest Club
This story was submitted by the GFWC Park City Athenaeum Club. This February the GFWC Park City…
My story: Bridget Welsh Ivers
(The final article in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) From New…
The Life of Mary Rasmussen
Much of Park City’s population was made up of immigrants when it was a silver mining town. …
My story: Mary Harney Judge
(Ninth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine). I’m the successful Salt…
Eleanor Bennett
More than 30 years ago I got a phone call from Eleanor Bennett. She befriended me because,…
My story: Jennie Judge Kearns
(Seventh in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) What a lucky thing…
The Girls Have Game
Despite March Madness being canceled this year, we can still talk about basketball. Basketball’s invention is credited…
Park City Woman’s Athenaeum Celebrated Right to Vote
Park City Woman’s Athenaeum member Margaret Jennings, far left, with her sister Winnie, far right, and others.…
Utah Women Led the Fight for Voting Rights
The United States has a major milestone to celebrate in 2020: the ratification of the 19th Amendment.…
My Story: Mary Ferguson Keith
(Fourth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) Mary Ferguson Keith, 1895,…
My Story: Susanna Bransford Emery Holmes Delitch Engalitcheff – Utah’s “Silver Queen”
(Second in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) I was born in…
Two ‘Pedestriennes’ Visit Park City
On July 18, 1896, two women, their shoes nearly worn through, walked into Park City. These women…
The Changing Nature of Women in the Workforce
The Park City Museum is currently hosting The Way We Worked, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian…
The Way Women Worked
The Park City Museum is currently hosting The Way We Worked, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian…
Ella Brown, an Accomplished Young Parkite
Ella Naomi Brown was born to Park City police office Sam Brown and his wife Celestia on…
Women and Alcohol
The Park City Museum’s current traveling exhibit titled “Spirited: Prohibition in America,” explores the history of American…
I Will Do My Best
Showing much good sense, the 24-year-old Silver King Coalition Mine’s Master Mechanic Frank Stone married Park City’s…
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…
“Let the Beauty of Your Adornment Be the Workmanship of Your Own Hands”
The Industrial Revolution produced new technologies that rapidly changed everyday lives in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Inventions…
“She Seeks to Excel”: A Month-long Look at Women’s History
March has been designated Women’s History Month since 1987. This month’s series of “Way We Were” articles…
In A Man’s Underworld
In 1894, the Park Record reported on the construction of the Ontario Drain Tunnel #2, noting that…
The Miners Hospital’s First Matrons
The story of the Miners Hospital has been told many times. Founded in 1904 with money contributed…