Park City




Park City is a city in Utah, United States and part of the Wasatch Back on the east side of the Wasatch Range. In 2000 it had 7371 inhabitants, the area is 24.4 km². The city grew explosively during the 1980s and 1990s and is immediately to the north and east of three major winter sports areas: Park City Resort, Deer Valley, and The Canyons. Although there's less snow than Salt Lake City because they're on the leeward side of the Wasatch Range, the ski areas are easier to get to. Winter sports are the main source of income for the city that lives from tourism. As part of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the snowboard competitions as well as the slalom and giant slalom runs took place in the ski areas of Park City. The city is also the main venue for the Sundance Film Festival and the headquarters of the US Ski Association. International competitions take place regularly on the bobsleigh and toboggan run.

Park City was founded as a mining town in 1870 after lead, gold and silver were discovered in the area. The population grew so much that many thought it would soon surpass Salt Lake City as the most important city in Utah. But the mines reached the water table and were flooded. Park City almost became a ghost town until winter sports came to the city in the 1950s. Even so, the city did not recover from the economic slump until the 1970s.

History

The area was traveled by the early Mormon pioneers on their journey to where they settled and built Salt Lake City. One of their leaders, Parley P. Pratt, explored the canyon in 1848. He was given a charter the following year to build a toll road through it, which was finished in 1849. The basin at the top of the canyon was good for grazing, and a few families settled there. Early on, the area was deeded to Samuel Snyder, Heber C. Kimball and Jedediah Grant. The settlers named it "Parley's Park City", which was shortened to "Park City" in the early 1900s. The first known discovery of ore in this area was by Colonel Patrick E. Connor, who instigated his men to search the area in bringing non-Mormons to the Utah region. The finding of silver, gold and lead sparked the first silver mines in Park City in the 1860s. Park City's large mining boom brought large crowds of prospectors setting up camps around the mountain terrain, marking the first mining settlements. Although it was not the first find, the Ontario silver mine, discovered by Herman Buden in 1872 and later purchased by George Hearst, was the first major producer. In 1880, a spur line was established to the Echo station of the First Transcontinental Railroad. By 1892 the Silver King Mine and its owners Thomas Kearns and David Keith took the spotlight as one of the most famous silver mines in the world. While silver was thriving in Utah, other mines around the world were depleted, drawing many of these miners to Park City. The town flourished with crowds of miners and wealth. However, the city nearly became a ghost town by the end of the 1950s because of a drop in the price of silver.

 

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