Park City Pioneers

Park City began with one family and a homemade flag. George and Rhoda Snyder cut their way through the forest with their three children and reached this spot on May 25, 1872. That Fourth of July the little settlement held a celebration, ran a flag up a pole, and formally took the name Park City — and the flag was one Rhoda and her daughters had sewn themselves, from a bed sheet, a red baby blanket, and a blue silk handkerchief. Long before the silver and the ski runs, this was the town's first day.

What the plaque says

At this site, the first settlers entered Park City. George C. Snyder, his wife Rhoda and their three children had cleared their way through the forest to arrive at their destination on May 25, 1872. On July 4, 1872, a celebration was held, a U.S. flag flown to the breeze, and the name Park City given officially to the town. Mrs. Snyder and daughters made the flag from a bed sheet, a red baby blanket and a blue silk handkerchief. The bell hung atop the city hall from 1902 to 1948.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Park City Mountain — 0.7 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States, grown straight out of a 19th-century silver town.
• Park City — 1.1 mi
  Silver built it. Snow saved it.
• Park City Main Street — 1.1 mi
  A historic mining town turned world-class ski and film festival destination
• Deer Valley — 2.8 mi
  A ski-only luxury resort above Park City, now in the middle of the largest expansion in U.S. ski history.

More markers nearby

• Park City Miners Hospital — 0.6 mi
• John C. Green Jr. — 0.6 mi
• Utah Coal & Lumber — 1.1 mi
• Rodney W. Schreurs Centennial Park — 1.2 mi