The Sisters’ Finest Hour
This article is the fifth and final in our series discussing the Sisters of the Holy Cross and their 146-year legacy of serving Utah and Park City. In the fourth installment we explained the Sisters’...
View ArticleJohn Carpenter’s Journey
The people that became the backbone of Park City’s mining economy from the 1870s through the 1920s were often immigrants from around the world, Europe especially. But what did their lives look like?...
View ArticleA Wild West Shoutout in Park City, part 2
This is part two of the story of a shootout in a gambling parlor in Park City in 1895 featuring instigator Peter Clark and victim Henry Nugent. At the end of the article last week, both men are wounded...
View ArticleA Wild West Shoutout in Park City
This week in Park City history, 1895, a regular card game turned into a shootout. Peter Clark was fairly new to town (in his second stint here, anyway) and was working as a carman at the Daly Mine no....
View ArticleBuilding Basic Healthcare for Park City
This article is the fourth in our series discussing the Sisters of the Holy Cross and their 146-year legacy of serving Utah and Park City. In our previous articles we discussed the Salt Lake City...
View ArticleThe Joy of Lexicons: The 1982 Library Book Brigade
Before the advent of modern city infrastructure, people in old Park City deployed bucket brigades to fight fires. In a nod to the past, the Park City Library used a similar all-together-now approach to...
View ArticleFrom the Perspective of Tower 39, Reprise
I am 126 years old – one of the oldest structures in Park City. I command a lofty 360-degree view of town. Standing 95 feet tall has its advantages. My siblings, all 39 of them, are shorter than me....
View ArticleSaloon Talk
Every time I drive by the Kimball Junction Stage Stop, I think about the visit supposedly paid by Samuel Clemons, a.k.a. Mark Twain, in 1861. He wrote about the location in Roughing It, his second...
View ArticleThe Sisters Quickly Get to Work
This article is the third in our series discussing the Sisters of the Holy Cross and their 146-year legacy of serving Utah and Park City. A quick recap before continuing. Confronted with unrelenting...
View ArticlePark City Historic Mine Route
The Park City Historic Mine Route combines two Park City passions: outdoor adventure and Western silver mining history. The HMR is a storytelling route connecting 24 sites of historic interest to a...
View ArticleParading Bobby Donohue: Boy and Veteran
This article originally appeared in 2016. It connects to our latest exhibit, titled Park City Loves A Parade!, on display now through March 2027. In the late 1800s the United States was testing its...
View ArticleA Toehold in Utah
Welcome back to the second installment of our multi-part series discussing the Sisters of the Holy Cross and their 146-year legacy of serving the Park City community. Part 1 explored their humble...
View ArticleJoffs Family Tragedy
This year, as we commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, we’re looking at the ways Parkites have come together to support each other during difficult times. One such incident happened during the...
View ArticleAccessibility Has Long Been Important to Park City
Approximately 612,000 adults in Utah today experience a disability, a statistic that is roughly 27%, or one in four adults in the state, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
View ArticlePutting In the Extra Time
The last time the U.S. hosted the World Cup was 1994. That also happens to be the year Park City High School boys’ soccer won their first ever state championship. This year’s team didn’t match that...
View ArticleThe Birth of Modern Medical Care
Welcome to the first installment of our series discussing the Sisters of the Holy Cross and their 146-year legacy of serving Park City. Yes, you read that correctly – 146 years. The Order arrived in...
View ArticleThe First Man Down
Frank Edward Peterson was born to Charles John Peterson and Mary Christina Petersen on November 22, 1891 in Draper, Utah. He was one of eleven children. His siblings included Victor, Violet, Cecil,...
View ArticleThe Panic of 1893 Impacts Territory and Town – Part II
The Panic of 1893 was the largest U.S. economic downturn until the Great Depression. Part one covered how the Panic’s origins were related to silver. But what were its impacts on Utah and Park City? In...
View ArticlePark City’s “White Way”
From late 1930 to mid-1931, the “White Way” in Park City was a heated topic in local politics and business. Luckily, it’s not what you’re thinking. The “White Way” in our town had nothing to do with...
View ArticleLatino Arts Fest Grew from Small Beginnings
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Latino Arts Festival in Park City, we take a look back at its origins and the milestones that have shaped the festival into the popular event it has become...
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