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Show | INTRODUCTION Vill Depot--with Utah General The Clearfield tribution depot, 2,640 civilian employees and annual million $9.3 Army activities in 13 payroll joins Ogden City on the west. This depot supplies (1) of the new Deone is also areas, East Far and western states, the Pacific fence Supply Assoc (DSA’s) new routing centers. Supply Naval Depot—10 served as one materials from to the south miles g World War II and the Korean the greatest inland depots of the navy durin changed to that of a motor salvage flict. Recently its mission has been disposing of millions of surplus dollars of of condisall in millions of items rangbranches of the services. It’s vast warehouses conta One of two U.S. t. ing from nuts and bolts to gigantic construction equipmen Hydrographic centers is still located at the base. Ogden, is headquarters Hill Air Force Base—occupies 7,100 acres south of civilians, 2,000 per- s 11,800 for the 9-state Ogden Air Material Area, employ Hill AFB spends about million. $76 s exceed l payrol Annual nel, person manent million for construc-~$8 about and es suppli $9 million a year in Utah for local man, BoOgden AMA is AF support manager for Minute tion of new facilities. marc, Sky Bolt and Snark missiles wide and the F101 Voodoo for USAF Airmunitions, Genie National Guard is well-represented responsibility It has world- jetfighter. LR59 rockets, with a new $5 liguid rockets million dollar g gears and training devices and and RJ43 ramjet engines for the Bomarc, landin Dagger jet fighter. Ogden AMA shares repair responsibility for the F103 Delta for more than 80 Air Force nance mainte also provides procurement, supply and It has operational responsibility for the bases and sites in a nine-state area, 105 air miles west of Hill. This one million acre Wendover AF Auxiliary Base y, rocket and bombing exgunner t, facility is used in testing missiles, aircraf ms. ercise and airmunitions testing and training progra The Utah with a sizeable number of the famarmory that also houses a modern museum n Firearms) original models invented ous John M. Browning (The Father of Moder work shop in Ogden. his in and made in entirety byMr. Browning HISTORY was named for Peter Skene Fur Company. Along with this area. Ogden Fremont and others, Jim Peter Skene Ogden, Bridger, an explorer for the Captain Ogden was Bonneville, Hudson Bay Captain John C. among the first white men to visit box street of Ogden, toward the maLooking North along Washington Blvd., main is) jestic Ben Lomond Peak. (Photo Courtesy of Collins -Morr from the Mexican government of In 1841, Miles Goodyear obtained a grant the lake’’. The grant included what is all the land ‘‘between the mountains and Ogden, the County seat. Mr. Goody and now the western portion of Weber Count trading post. t anen perm a lish year proposed to estab Asmall settlement of fort |
