Geology and Labor in the Park City Consolidated
Launched in 1928, the Park City Consolidated Mine (Park Con) was a significant ore producer through the…
Working Conditions
Lynx Langford: The Park Record’s Typesetting Maestro
The words were not his. But it was his responsibility, for about half a century, to make…
Water and Trying Times for the Anchor Mine, part 2
This story is continued from January 31. In 1889 the Anchor Mine hired two different drilling contractors…
Recollections of One of Deer Valley’s First Female Ski Instructors
Twenty-three ski instructors – eight of them female – formed the inaugural department when Deer Valley Resort…
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
Improvise, adapt, overcome is a mindset, a philosophy embodied in the culture of the U.S. Marine Corps…
Cousin Jack: Cornish Workers in Park City
Cornwall lies at the southwestern tip of Great Britain. Though it’s administered as a county of England…
Tallies of Woe: Glenwood Cemetery
The Park City Museum is advertising its annual Glenwood Cemetery event, taking place Oct. 7, as “Scandals…
Balancing School, Life, and Work
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Howard M. Berry Recalls Stores About Town in the 30s and 40s
The following is an excerpt from an oral history conducted by Dalton Gackle with interviewee Howard M.…
The Hewitson Family Tradition
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
The King of All Indoor Sports
Said one old timer Parkite, given the pseudonym Pat by the Park Record in a 1979 story,…
Let’s Level with You
Today if someone was to ask you, "Is that guy on the level?" you might answer "Yeah,…
A Look At Park City’s Hispanic and Latino Migration
The presence of Hispanic people in Utah dates back to the early 1500s when the area was…
Skyscrapers in the Hills
In Salt Lake City there are more than ten buildings over 300 feet high and two extending…
Housing Reform in 1901: NYC v. Park City
The Park City Museum is currently hosting the traveling exhibit, Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half…
The Park City Miners’ Strike of 1919
On May 4, 1919 approximately one thousand Park City miners joined forces with organized labor to embark…
Labor Unrest Grows after WWI
Mormons arrived in Utah 21 years prior to ore discovery in Park City and there was inadequate…
An Ideal Utah Town
Park City the ideal place to live in Utah, even in 1919 Today, Park City is lauded…
The Park City Lineman
“I am a lineman for the county, and I drive the main road searching in the sun…
Eight-hour Day with No Cut in Pay
Labor unions and activists spent decades organizing workers all over the country to advocate for living wages,…
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…
Paving the Way to a Modern City
While mining put Park City on the map, it took plenty of work over the years to…
Working to Secure a Better Life
Howard Coleman came to Utah in search of a better life. As a black man and son…
Working Above Ground in a Mining Town
Park City was a town forged from the mines, but not everybody worked below ground. In order…
Master Mechanic
An experienced carpenter working at the Silver King mine asked his novice assistant to get him some…
The King Mandates Insurance
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act nicknamed Obamacare.…
An Imperial Legacy
John Bogan was a Park City pioneer. He emigrated from Ireland to Illinois in 1857 where he…
The Madam of Park City
Our series on women’s history would be remiss not to touch upon prostitution. It was a fact…
“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…
Park City’s Early Chinese Residents
Railway spanning the North American continent met in Promontory, Utah on May 10th, 1869. While the Transcontinental…
Constructing the Aerial Tramway
Work on the Silver King Aerial Tramway began in August 1900. The construction was scheduled to be…
Unwelcome in Their Adopted and Often Native Country
George Takei, of Star Trek and social media fame, has increased public awareness of the internment of…