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KPCW and the Park City Museum present Park City History BitsGet a taste of Park City history every week this summer with a new bit provided by the historians of the Park City Museum. A new nugget of history silver debuts every Thursday and replays throughout the week.0000017b-652b-d50a-a3ff-f7efae480000 This series of Park City History Bits is brought to you by the Park City Museum, where you can explore Park City history every day on Main Street, and sponsored by Julie Hopkins of Keller Williams Real Estate.

Park City History Bits - August 1, 2013

Besides bars and bordellos, what did local residents do for entertainment when Park City was just starting out?

 
This is Hope Woodside with your weekly Park City History Bit.
 
Long before there was Sundance, Parkites enjoyed the theater. By 1880, vaudeville jugglers, singers and animal acts entertained at the Park Opera House on Main Street. Silent movies played in five different theaters on Main Street, including the Egyptian Theater. The Egyptian opened in 1926, and played off America’s new fascination with all things Egyptian that was spurred by the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. 
 
The beautiful Grand Opera House was built in 1897, but sadly burned down 3 months after its grand opening in the Great Fire of 1898 and was never rebuilt.
 
 
This Park City History Bit is brought to you by the Park City Museum, where you can explore Park City history every day on Main Street, and sponsored by Julie Hopkins of Keller Williams Real Estate.

Monika served as a sales associate in Underwriting and Fundraising for KPCW from 2011 - 2016, but that was after nine years as a volunteer DJ, and most of them as a co-host of the KPCW Classifieds Show. Her background includes everything from running ELIZAS in an immunology lab to waiting tables to writing for newspapers and magazines. Her real passion is creating memes.
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