Growing Up in Park City 1937-1950 Lecture by Mike Nelson

Park City Museum and Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History will host a lecture called Growing Up in Park City 1937-1950 given by Mike Nelson on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 from 5-6 p.m. held at the Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive.  More information can be found at www.parkcityhistory.org. Thomas Gordon Nelson was born in Heber City to Carl Henry Nelson and Zula Floyd Gordon, on June 14, 1928. In 1937 the family moved back to Park City.  Tom remembered Park City winters when people who had cars put them up on blocks and walked, riding the coal scoop down the hill from his house on Prospect Ridge to the Marsac School, and delivering the newspaper to most of the houses in his neighborhood including those on Heber Avenue.  He also became a music teacher later in life and died in 2007. Mike Nelson is a senior mining consultant at Stantec Engineering. He previously taught mining engineering at the University of Utah, and worked in the mining industry for Kennecott Copper, Consolidation Coal, and EIMCO Process Equipment Co. Mike’s dad grew up on Ontario Avenue in Park City, and worked at the Silver King mine while he went to college. His grandfather worked in the Park City mines for over 30 years, whenever he wasn’t laid off or on strike. Mike is a Distinguished Member and Fellow of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME), and in 2020 he received the General Patrick E. Connor Award for Service to Utah’s Mining Industry from the Utah Mining Association. This calendar listing is brought to you by NowPlayingUtah.com, Utah’s one-stop, online website for arts and entertainment events, powered by the Utah Cultural Alliance.