Richard Roberts Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Ogden City is located at the confluence of the Ogden and the Weber rivers in Weber County in northern Utah. In 1989 the city had a population of 69,000 residents. Weber County, which centers on Ogden as the county seat, had a population of 160,100. Ogden claims to be the oldest settlement in Utah …
President Harding’s 1923 Visit to Utah
W. Paul Reeve History Blazer July 1995 President Warren G. Harding’s 1923 visit to Utah was part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him “closer to the people and their conditions.” After touring Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and other states, he proceeded to Alaska, his primary destination, and became the first president to visit that …
A Brewer-Sportsman’s Prairie Style Home in Ogden
Miriam B. Murphy History Blazer, March 1996 Gustav Lorenz Becker, a leading businessman in the Intermountain West, was a well-known brewer both locally and nationally as well as one of the world’s best trapshooters. The home he built for his family at 2408 Van Buren Avenue in Ogden remains an outstanding example of the Prairie Style in residential architecture in …
He Was an Outsider in Utah but Not for Long
Lyndia Carter History Blazer, February 1996 Mathew William Dalton was a busy man in the fall of 1850. A newcomer to Ogden, he hurried to find work and get a house and shop built before winter set in. The settlers had been kind, loaning him tools and a team and wagon. They had even helped him “raise” the house. Young …
The Salt Lake Cutoff and the California Trail
Lyndia Carter History Blazer, December 1996 In the summer of 1848 Samuel J. Hensley made a discovery that greatly affected Utah history: a route from Salt Lake City to the California Trail near the City of Rocks in Idaho that would be followed by thousands of argonauts on their way to California. These gold seekers passing through Utah interacted with …