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Show YOGDEN«a. Utah’s Industrial Railroad Center Ogden Chamber of Commerce ee By i. ; < "The GDEN Gateway of is located just north of the 41st degree north latitude and almost exactly ; The elevation of Ogden is 4303 feet above Pi on the 112th degree west longitude, sea level. Ogden the West'' has a delightfully mild a > climate. The and the mean annual temperature is 52.2 degrees F. precipitation averages 15.54 inches at the mouth of the only opening from east to west in the Wasatch Range. HISTORIC FACTS Ogden was named for Peter Skene Ogden, an explorer of the Hudson pany, who with Jim Bridger, Captain Bonneville, Captain John C. Fremont were the first white men to visit this vicinity. Bay Comand others In 1841, Miles Goodyear obtained from the Mexican government all the land between the mountains and the lake and which is now the western part of Weber County, of which Ogden is the county seat. He proposed to establish a permanent trading post. A small settlement or fort was started near where the Sperry Mills now stands. The log house which Miles Goodyear occupied as his home, and which was the first house built in Utah, is preserved and now stands on the Ogden tabernacle square. A few families came to the fort, bringing with them several head of stock. This livestock became one of the most valuable possessions of the settlement. After the treaty of 1848 by which the United States acquired this territory from the Mexican government, Capt. James Brown of the Mormon Battalian came through with the first Mormon immigrants, went to California, came back and bought Weber County from Miles Goodyear for $3,000, using part of the $10,000 he and his battalion had received as pay for their services in the Mexican war. 1848, Goodyear colony, and included the cattle, horses, hogs, This transaction occurred in sheep and goats owned by the The United States government did not recognize the validity of Miles Goodyear’s title to this land, as a result of which, Captain Brown’s descendents and all others holding the title under him had to repurchase their lands from the United States. 12 5 * Ogden has an area of 16.69 square miles. The city is laid out in square blocks of 10 acres eh and the main streets are 132 feet wide. Ogden is known as the “Gateway of the West” because of its strategical location January, j 4 4 |
