The Ogden Tee Room

ANCESTORAL SETTLERS

GREAT SALT LAKE FREMONT INDIANS, NORTHERN SHOSHONE, AND GOSHUTE TRIBES CALL THE GREAT SALT LAKE VALLEY HOME.

THE SHOSHONE NAME THE AREA "HO-QUIP".

PETER SKENE OGDEN

THE CANADIAN FUR TRAPPER EXPLORES THE GREAT SALT LAKE AND WEBER RIVER DRAINAGE.

THE OGDEN RIVER AND SUBSEQUENTLY OGDEN CITY IS NAMED AFTER HIM.

fort buenaventura

MILES GOODYEAR CONSTRUCTS THE FORT NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF THE OGDEN AND WEBER RIVERS, BECOMING THE FIRST KNOWN PERMANENT EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT IN UTAH.

BROWNSVILLE TO OGDEN

CAPT. JAMES BROWN OF THE MORMON BATTALION PURCHASES ALL OF WEBER CO., LIVESTOCK, AND FORT BUENAVENTURA FOR $3,000.

IN 1851, THE GROWING SETTLEMENT INCORPORATES AS "BROWNSVILLE" ON FEB 6. IT IS LATER RENAMED TO "OGDEN CITY".

JUNCTION CITY

MAY 10, 1869, THE GOLDEN SPIKE CONNECTS AMERICA, AND OGDEN BECOMES THE TRANSFER STATION BETWEEN THE UNION PACIFIC AND CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROADS.

THIS FOREVER CHANGES OGDEN'S ECONOMY, DEMOGRAPHICS, STYLE, AND CULTURE.