Mormon pioneers named Parley Pratt and Samuel Snyder explored Summit County, later Snyder settled his family here. Other settlers moved up and developed towns in Summit County during the 1850s. The county got its name because it includes 39 of the highest mountain peaks in Utah. The discovery of silver, lead, and zinc in the Wasatch Mountains in the 1870s lead to a boom in mining. Park City was a mining town founded in 1872.
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