I was born in Missouri in 1859 to prosperous parents who owned 70 acres, slaves and a general store. When the Civil War broke out, my father enlisted and became a captain but was captured by Union soldiers and sent to prison camp.
The Park City planning commissioners must love their work, considering they’ll spend Valentine’s evening not in candlelight but poring over details and hearing comments in the first public hearing and opportunity to vote on Matthew and Tatiana Prince’s plans to replace two homes overlooking Old Town.
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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.