Water and Trying Times for the Anchor Mine, part 1
Mining is a challenging business, starting with finding valuable minerals to develop and even just getting to remote sites in all types of weather. After discovering minerals, it is necessary to raise...
View ArticleRecollections 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 opened in December 1981. Letitia Lussier was one of them and she remains an active...
View ArticleLove and Partnership in Life and Business
This is the first article in an occasional series covering the history of the Flinders Ranch, the Flinders family, and their family-run restaurant. Many a chart-topping song has expressed the wonder...
View ArticleA Party on Rails
Saturday February 27, 1971 provided a rare opportunity to experience a historic event: riding the final passenger train to Park City. The occasion received extensive media coverage. Trains began...
View ArticleIn 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 prosperous parents who owned 70 acres, slaves, and a general store. When the Civil War broke out, my father...
View ArticleUtah Takes Flight
On December 17, 1903 on a remote windswept beach, mankind glimpsed the possibility of controlled flight. A dream that had proved elusive since 1782 when the Montgolfier Brothers took to the heavens in...
View ArticleWhen Did Skiing Arrive in Park City?, part 2
This is the second article covering Park City’s earliest skiers. The first ran on January 24. The Park Record often published articles and interest pieces from around the country if they thought the...
View ArticleWater 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 to attempt a 600-foot long boring from the bottom of the flooded Anchor shaft to intersect with...
View ArticleThe Tragic Demise of June St. Clair
Park City has a long and fabled history of prostitution. For 75 years, the brothels that operated here – known as cribs – were hardly a secret despite their illegality. The City benefitted from the...
View ArticleOtto Carpenter: The Man Behind Snow Park
In 1946 Otto Carpenter and Bob Burns opened Snow Park, Park City’s first alpine ski area. In 1963, when Treasure Mountains (now Park City Mountain) burst onto the scene, Carpenter embraced the...
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