Park City Museum researcher
Mary Serano wearing a football uniform and imitating a football stance in a bedroom of her upper Main Street home in 1949. Serano was one of the few Latino people in Park City before the 1990s.
Park City Historical Society & Museum, Kendall Webb Collection
The presence of Hispanic people in Utah dates back to the early 1500s when the area was explored by Spanish conquistadors. Just a few Hispanics or Latinos resided in Park City at the turn of the 20th century, hailing from Spain, Portugal and Brazil. In the early mining days of our community, the locally prominent and beloved Martinez family immigrated here from Spain and provided four generations of miners (and another generation of Silver Mine Adventure workers) to our local community.