PARK CITY

Park City is on U-248, five miles south of Kimball Junction. In 1869, Colonel Patrick E. Connor's men from Fort Douglas discovered silver- and gold-carrying ore there. Soon after this discovery, tents and brush shelters appeared and the stampede for riches hit. The area flourished as a mining town, peaked, then declined. In more recent times, the area has thrived as a skiing and recreational resort abounding with prosperous homes and condominiums. Park City had an early name of Upper Kimball's for nearby Kimballs ranch, stage station, and highway junction. It was also called Upper Parleys for nearby Parleys Park at the head of Parley P. Pratt's toll road built up Parleys Canyon. Later, it was George Gideon Snyder who came up with the present name. He was a probate judge who owned a local sawmill and held mining properties with his brother S. C. Snyder (nearby Snyderville) George didn't like any of the previous names and on July 4, 1872, a handmade flag was hoisted and his choice of Park City (for nearby Parleys Park) was given to the town.

John W. Van Cott