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Ogden (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 111 58 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -111.9667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in N Utah at confluence of Ogden & Weber Rivers; began as community built around Ft. Buenaventura, a log stockade with irrigated garden built by Miles M Goodyear ca. 1844; purchased by Mormons 1847 & laid out by Brigham Young in 1850. |
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| Ogden (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for fur trader Peter Skene Ogden |
| Ft. Buenaventura (H,V)
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| Brownsville (H,V)
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| Lynne (C,V)
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| Ogden City (C,V)
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Utah (state) (P) |
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Weber (county) (P) |
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Ogden (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in 1844 & incorporated in 1851 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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for rail since 1869, shipping agricultural produce of the intermountain region |
| industrial center (C) |
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for jet engines & transportation equipment |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for pharmaceuticals, canning of vegetables, clothing, building materials, breweries, packing plants & stockyards |
| administrative center (C) |
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for processing income taxes |
| educational center (C) |
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for Weber State College (1889) |
| tourist center (C) |
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for winter sports, for Browning Armory with collection of inventor's firearms & for Goodyear's original cabin |
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