Directory of Ogden City and Weber County.
OGDEN CITY.
Ogden City, the capital of Northern Utah, and though at present only the second in importance, probably destined at no distant day to step into the front rank as leading commercial center of this vast region, has a history savoring in its inception somewhat of the woodland air of Cooper's "Pathfinder," while its later development, present standing, and future prospects give it a character eminently imbued with the spirit of modern American progress.
It is one of the oldest towns built up by the sturdy and undaunted pioneers of the Great Salt Lake Valley. The first step towards the establishment of what now is the City of Ogden, and indeed towards the settlement of Weber County was taken by Captain James Brown, of the Mormon Battalion, when, on the sixth of June, 1848, he entered into negotiations with Miles M. Goodyear, an Indian trader, for the purchase of all the lands, claims, and improvements said Goodyear possessed in virtue of a