Proprietor and distiller David Perkins married his background as a biochemist, his love of bourbon and cooking, and his passion for the American West to bring the craft of small-batch distilling back to Utah, of all places. High West Distillery and Saloon started with one man’s passion to make a great Rocky Mountain Whiskey. Burnis and Betty Watts purchased the house in 1965 and lived in it until the City purchased it in 1997.

After Eva died in 1933, Ellsworth sold the house in 1939 to Byron F. He also built and operated a tailings mill north of town on Silver Creek. Beggs was a prominent citizen serving as a city councilman. Once the yard hosted a picnic for some 200 people. Eva was active in community activities, and many functions were held in her home. Beggs was born in Pennsylvania in 1861, and moved to Park City in 1889, the year he married a local lady, Eva Jane Lockhart. Beggs was a master carpenter, having just built the Summit County Courthouse in Coalville, so a high quality home could be expected. Beggs has one of the finest building lots in the city and a two-story house will set it off splendidly.” Ellsworth J. and will erect on the site a modern 8-room, two-story house. Beggs, the well known mill and carpenter, has pulled down his old home on lower Park Ave. The Octoissue of the Park Record reported: “E.J. Beggs house was built in 1914 and is architecturally significant as one of only a few two-story Victorian style pyramid houses in Park City.

We invite you to share in our passion for great spirits, and our love for the American West. Our aim is for the High West Distillery and Saloon to contribute to that reputation. They are located at exactly 7000 feet in the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains in Old Town Park City, Utah.įounded by prospectors in the late 1860′s, Park City became one of the richest silver mining towns in the West, and the best watering hole in Utah. High West Distillery and Saloon offers a truly unique experience as the world’s only ski-in distillery and gastro-saloon. A PASSION FOR GREAT SPIRITS, A LOVE OF THE AMERICAN WEST

High west whiskey