The Way We Were is a weekly article published in the Park Record written by Museum staff, volunteers, and interns. Articles date back as early as the 1980s and have proven to be a valuable research tool. The images in the Way We Were articles are copyrighted by the Park City Museum. If you would like more information, or should you wish to use an image, please contact research librarian Sarah Hill at shill@parkcityhistory.org.
| Article Title | Article Author | Description | Subject | |
| From Our Boys in the Armed Forces |
Lauren Miller |
A letter to the Park Record from Chas McGill describes what it was like in France during World War I. |
World War I, Chas McGill, Sam Raddon, the Park Record, Argonne Forrest |
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| Milk of Poppy |
Sarah Hill |
Alcohol and gambling weren’t the only vices Parkites entertained. |
Opium, Chinatown, Immigration |
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| Seeds of Victory |
Sarah Hill & Lauren Miller |
Park City aids the relief efforts during WWII by encouraging Parkites to take part in Victory Gardens. |
Gardening, Victory Gardens, Silver King Mining Company, Community Garden, World War II |
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| FEED YOURSELF! |
Sarah Hill & Lauren Miller |
Reasons behind the longstanding tradition of gardening in Park City. |
Gardening, Mining Decline, Home Garden, Community Garden |
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| Play Well |
Sarah Hill & Lauren Miller |
Ways Parkites stayed physically active in years past, and former ideas of what it meant to be healthy. |
Healthy living, Eat Well, Play Well, McPolin children |
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| Eat Well |
Sarah Hill & Lauren Miller | Benefits of eating nutrious meals with a focus on the hot lunch program at Marsac School. | Marsac School, food, nutrition, hot lunch program | |
| The Bitner Ranch |
Betty Bitner King |
The history of the Bitner family and the Bitner ranch. |
Bitner, Ranch, Overland Stage, Holladay Stage, Wells-Fargo Express, William Kimball |
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| Living with Avalanches | Kate Mapp |
Avalanches then and now in Park City |
Avalanches, Francis Tyrall, Joseph Brown, Daly West Mine, |
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| Spring Skiing |
Hal Compton |
Mel Fletcher and Les Roach enjoy Spring Skiing at Snow Park. |
Spring Skiing, Mel Fletcher, Les Roach, Snow Park, Deer Valley Resort |
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| The Last Drink?…Or Not: The Beginning of a New Era | Sarah Hill, Lauren Miller, and Courtney Titus |
The conclusion of the Bar Series discusses the end of Prohibition in the nation, and what that meant for the state of Utah. |
Saloons, bars, soft drink parlors, Prohibition, Main Street, liquor laws |
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| Risky Business | Kate Mapp |
An explanation of soft drink parlor licenses and their influence on Park City during Prohibition |
Saloons, bars, soft drink parlors, Angelo Fontana, soft drink licenses, Venice Club, raids, Prohibition, distillery, Main Street |
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| Valid Arrest or a Dirty Frame Up? |
Sarah Hill |
The story of Deputy Sheriff W.R Jefford’s arrest for taking hush money during Prohibition |
Saloons, bars, soft drink parlors, Main Street, W.R Jefford, hush money, Prohibition, raids, Sam De Angelis, Angelo Fontana |
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| From the Bank to Cisero’s and Everything in Between | Lauren Miller | The long history of 306 Main Street as a saloon in Park City | Saloons, bars, soft drink parlors, main street, the Handle Bar, Cisero’s Nightclub, the Bank, Daniel McPolin, prohibition | |
| The Life of a Saloon Owner: Sam De Angelis | Courtney Titus | Sam De Angelis’s life and connection with running bars, saloons, and “soft drink” parlors in Park City | Saloons, bars, soft drink parlors, main street, Sam De Angelis, prohibition | |
| The Oak Saloon: A Prohibition Survivor | Lauren Miller | A timeline of the Oak Saloon and proprietor Henry Spriggs | Saloons, bars, soft drink parlors, main street, the Oak, prohibition | |
| The Night Utah Went Dry | Courtney Titus | The beginning of Prohibition and the creation of “soft drink” parlors | Saloons, bars, soft drink parlors, main street, prohibition | |
| The Saloon of the “King of Denmark” | Sarah Hill | Highlights of the life of George Wanning and his role as a saloon proprietor | Saloons, bars, soft drink parlors, main street, George Wanning, Geo Wanning’s, prohibition | |
| Park City’s Seedy Underbelly: An Introduction | Sarah Hill, Lauren Miller, and Courtney Titus | A look into Park City’s bar and saloon life, and the importance they played in a mining town | Saloons, bars, soft drink parlors, main street, prohibition, entertainment | |
| Utah’s Own Silver Queen | Jenette Purdy | The life of Silver Queen Susanna | The Silver Queen, Susanna Bransford Emery Holmes Delitch Engalitcheff, mines, mining, Silver Queen Ball | |
| A Volunteer Force to be Reckoned With | Lauren Miller | Park City Fire Chief Jim Berry’s role with the volunteer firefighters, and his experience training the first round of women volunteers in Park City. | Fire, firefighting, women firefighters, volunteer force, James “Jim” Berry | |
| Preserving the Kendall Webb Collection | Courtney Titus and Lauren Miller | The significance of Kendall Webb and his photography collection to the preservation of Park City’s past. | Kendall Webb, photography, Silver Queen Ball | |
| Growing Up in Farrell (Sweede) Alley, Part Two | Emily Beeson | Richard Mon’s childhood in Park City | Immigration, China, Main Street, childhood, games, Pearl Harbor |
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| Growing Up in Farrell (Sweede Alley), Part One | Emily Beeson |
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Immigration, China, Main Street, Bob’s Cafe, King Far Lo Cafe |