Ogden

Ogden, Utah, the county seat of Weber County, and the second city in the state, is situated at the junction of the Ogden and Weber rivers, 16 miles east of Great Salt Lake and 36 miles north of Salt Lake City. It is on the Oregon Short Line, Southern Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande and Union Pacific railroads, and has interurban electric railway connection with Salt Lake City, Logan and other Utah cities.

Situated at the base of the Wasatch Mountains, Ogden is surrounded by scenic beauty. Ogden Cañon begins at the city limits; in this canyon are a waterfall and many other interesting sights. The city is well laid out with broad, paved streets that are lined with handsome public and private buildings. The most notable of these are the Carnegie library, post office, court house, Dee Hospital, State Industrial School, state institutions for the deaf, dumb and blind, Masonic Temple, Elks' Home and the Federal building. There are several parks, the most popular of which are Lester, Liberty and Union. Ogden is the seat of Sacred Heart Academy and Weber Junior College. It has four junior high schools and one senior high school

Ogden lies in the heart of a prosperous agricultural and stock raising district, for which it is at once the distributing point and source of supply. The city has a large trade in beet sugar, grain, canned goods and fruit. Hydro-electric power is furnished to manufactories of cement, cereal foods, abattoir products, cans, beet sugar, clothing, brooms, bricks and tile.

The first settlement was made here in 1848, and a city was laid out under the direction of Brigham Young in 1850 and was chartered a year later; in 1861 it was rechartered. Ogden is now governed by a commission. In 1920 the inhabitants numbered 32,804.

From The National Encyclopedia for the Home, School and Library, Vol. VI., National Encyclopedia Company, Chicago, 1927.

Rev 2000-02-18