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Show .... . : - .'- ' .J . A, t . . .--v..,.!:, ,f..j.. ,S..:S,.. V .:, , E 'W ;; , mm, 5y j I .y ' v ,--.'"7 j " ' . i - . . " ,. i '; . . , . ; . ' . . - ' j ' " " i ' i f, i 1 i . , ' ; ' " f" ,. buy one. He started a stage between Park City andSalt Lake City, and there were four round trips a day. The road was rough, and sometimes there was only room enough for one vehicle. Gib lost the business in the Depression, and became a carpenter. He commuted to Salt Lake daily until some 10 years ago, when he retired. retir-ed. Kimball's views on the development de-velopment of Park City, from old mining town to renovated old mining town, are probably prob-ably not what Greater Park City Company (GPCC) would like to hear. He feels that GPCC is building too fast. He's afraid that with all the condominiums condomin-iums occupied, the town water supply will dwindle away. To him, GPCC and the City are not really recreating the old mining town atmosphere. atmos-phere. One of his suggestions sugges-tions to call forth the Park City he knew was to put canopies above the stores, like in the old days. But Kimball raised some serious questions about Park City? Why aren't there any full time doctors, and why is there only one pharmacy? Why are roads in such poor condition? Why are there no stores in which to buy everyday every-day clothes and shoes? Why isn't there cheap housingfor low income groups. Perhaps this is why Kimball Kim-ball recommends buyingland in Heber. But, as he said, "I'll live out mydaysinPark City. It's been my home all my life." The Kimball family goes back a long way in Park City history. Pictured above is the Park City-Tonapah stage lines headquarters. Kimball brothers stables evolved into the location for Eley Motors when the horse fell to the gasoline buggy. The stable and stage lines were operated by the Kimball family. Photo Courtesy Ken Webb Gih Kimball QHers One Man's Views With Regards To Local Development Those new to Park City are usually not familiar with the city's history and development, de-velopment, nor of the opinions opin-ions of lifelong Park City residents. One might assume that the residents favored the con dominiums and developed ski slopes, that they believed they were helping the town's economy. Gib Kimball is one of the oldest residents of Park City. He remembers when there They later moved to Park City and Gib was born in the same house in which he now resides. His father ran the livery stables and when automobiles auto-mobiles came into vogue, his father was one of the first to were no townhouses or double chair lifts; " He remembers when you could hike and ride throughout through-out the countryside and not trespass on someone's property. prop-erty. So it does not seem unlikely un-likely that Kimball is wary of Greater Park City Corporation. Cor-poration. Gib Kimball's greatgrandfather great-grandfather Heber Kimball came to Utah with the first Mormons in 1847. His grandfather, William Hendrick Kimball, came with the second group and his grandmother, Melissa Burton, Bur-ton, was the only woman to march with the Mormon Battalion Bat-talion in 1846. His parents first settled in what's now Kimball Junction Junc-tion jand they had a ranch where they hauled logs. |