Show ni Doings in Park City Latest Book hook on Mining History The latest book to be published published published pub pub- about Park City is Diggings and Doings in Park City by Raye Carleson Price It is by far the best written material of recent authorship on Park The descriptive words and plentiful photographs captures captures captures cap cap- tures the uniqueness of Park City from its early nostalgic mining mining camp camp past to the now recreation oriented changing present Mrs Price whose vocation is wife and mother with an avocation of writing successful articles and s stories tor i e s began gathering her material for the soft-back soft book when ground was first broken for the installation of ski facilities upon the surface surface surface sur sur- face of Treasure Hills Personal i in interviews n t e r views with mining pining personages and surviving surviving surviving ing members of early families took her out of the state to collect factual information The book has an introduction by Lowell Thomas who has skied the Wasatch Mountains for thirty years and is familiar with Utah's mining history Park City City Then Thenis is the past history of Park City with familiar and some unpublished photographs to accompany the historical account of the cen- cen mining period The aut author h 0 r describes the Rags to Riches ers Do who brought fame to the community with the most complete story of the Silver Queen that anyone has written She selected Thomas Kearns who came to Park City with a pack on his back and left lefta a US U.S. Senator as an illustrative illustrative illustrative illus illus- individual from the old Park City bunch bunch- who developed develop develop- ed from to millionaire The section II Park City Now NoW- tells what is happening to Park City in its new tale of being one of Utah's major tourist tourist tourist tour tour- and recreation attractions How the old places are re refurbished refurbished refurbished re- re furbished to keep their past how the modern architecture is blending with the established buildings to give the community a flavor seldom experienced in today's world of commercial commercial- ism The photographic portraits of and the City are beautifully caught by the magic of Harry Harpster's lens The pictorial story without words by Mr Harpster is poignant affirmation of what-was what and now The last portion of the book bookis is a collection of recipes which the distaff have con con- Their ancestry comes from the Cornish Irish Scandinavian Scandinavian Scandinavian Scan Scan- Chin Chinese se Italian and home grown in the kitchen of Mrs Elden S o r e n s o n Mrs Josie Hayes Mrs Harold Williams Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams Mrs H Hortense o r t e n s e Eley Lucille Iredale Carleson Mrs Charles Himes Jessie McAlevy Mrs Nina Lund Mrs Eric Joffs Mrs Aune H. H Brunyer Morrow Oay Gin Chinn Mrs John Crus Olive Blackler Potter Potter Potter Pot Pot- ter Mary Horrocks Mary E. E Grose and Rosly Grose with Kendall Webb and Edwin Grose adding a corncob jelly and elderberry wine recipes Commentator Lowell Thomas says what is true Here cHere is a aside aside aside side of Utah's history that needed needed needed need need- ed to be told and here it is told ex extremely remely well with wit and humor and tender loving Marie G. G Springer |