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Directory of Ogden City and Weber County.
Ogden City, as the center of many railroads and other travel from all directions, had long felt the necessity of an institution in which to take proper care of sick transients or paupers afflicted with bodily injury or illness while in her limits. To meet these demands, becoming more and more urgent, in the year 1882 the City Council built a hospital. Although it is built on an elevation much above the level of the City, still it is situated in a beautiful romantic little basin on Burch Creek. It nestles in this little vale, surrounded by gently rising hills. It is concealed from view until the traveler reaches to within proximity to it. A more suitable location for such a building, we believe, cannot be found between the banks of Weber and Ogden Rivers. On the hills on either side of this home for the afflicted are nice little groves of oak, etc., in the shades of which the convalescents can, in summer time, repose and enjoy the refreshing mountain and canyon breezes. Within easy distances are several springs of the purest water which flow from the veins of the Rocky Mountains, in this neighborhood. There is also a wide, open space in which the invalids can parade a few hours, in the day time, in the spring or early fall months of the year. The building contains six rooms, most of which are 12x12 feet, and ten feet high. They are comfortably fitted up and well appointed for the purposes for which they are designed. The Hospital was built by Mr. Joseph T. Johnson.