Treasure Mountains officially opened to the public at 9 a.m. on Dec. 21, 1963, with much fanfare. Mayor William P. Sullivan cut the ribbon, declaring the resort open and ushering in “a new economic era for historic Park City.”
On Dec. 27, 1950, happy faces of Park City High School band members emerged from bus windows, hands following to wave farewell. The band was off to perform at a prestigious event: the East-West Shrine Bowl, a nationally broadcast college football postseason all-star game.
In an essay called “The Hidden Life of a Miner,” Park City historian Gary Kimball recalled overhearing a couple standing outside his home on Woodside Avenue. The woman was studying a huge steel tower looming in Kimball’s yard, a rusting remnant of the Silver King Mine’s 1901 aerial tramway.
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