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Nationwide Prohibition was ratified as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on January 16, 1919. Park City, with all of its saloons, was to be one of the areas hardest hit in the state in terms of businesses closing and patrons having to find something else.

Racist minstrel shows were popular across the country in the 19th century, and unfortunately, that included Park City, where shows were put on into the 1960s.