Show VIEW OF OGDEN CITY THREE TUREE DECADES AGO r Pioneer Pio eer Artist Portrays Po trays Portion of Washington Avenue Pioneer Drug Establishment W VT V G Childs General Merchandise Store Storo the Z C M I and the Old Tithing Office Present Site of W H Wright Sons Company Lead Leading Leading Leading ing Features of Photo I p I Time The Th accompanying reproduction from tin nn old photograph taken on Washington avenue in tho the year ear 1875 1870 and which has las been kindly kindi loaned Ironed by b bW W v H ff Wright Sons ns company for forthe tho the first time will prove provo of or more than passing interest to the present generation of o Ogdon Ogden residents More three thee decades have hao passed since some pioneer artist set net up his cum hersome hOr ome camera In im the mud on Wash Washington ington avenue at a point where tho the Dell Deli telephone office now stands stand and an pointing his machine In the time direction of o tho time corner of o fourth street secured aview a view of what whal was then the principal part of Ogden The Tho first building on the left lert in the picture was the tho Pioneer Drug com corn puns establishment where tho the Bad I 4 k kei I ei r s p t con drug store now stands This was one of o tho the largest stores storeR In tho city eltrIn in 1375 and one upon which the citi citizens zens pride themselves to no small ex cx ext tOnt t mt Tho firm name was J Peery eer Wright Co anti ami the time rear halt half of the building was occupied by bya byn a n bar Druggist Driver had a store several lots iota to the tho south or left let of oC the drug store was afterwards occupied by br W V II H Wright as a 3 dr Iry goods store The first building to the time right of the Pioneer Drug Co was W G Childs general merchandise store and the next with the small gable front was Wag tho the Z C Co M iI I 1 The Tho telegraph raph polo pole marks tho corner corn m of o street where tho the Ercles building now stands street was Willi at that time a residence street anti and a number of homos homes of well known Og Ogden O Oden Ogden den families fo w ie located upon It III In Including eluding chiding that of President L W Shui I if I The building seen Seel In the tho right of o othe I I the picture was tho the old tithing office which occupied the present site of or Wrights rights store storo It was ono one of oC the th I I largest buildings in town and was waa surrounded by r a stone wall wail which shows plainly In the picture This ThIll I wall was bout as a protection against the attacks of Indians and was com composed c m im imposed posed of or cobble stones and adobe l All these buildings were construct constructed ed Cd of adobe and a awning of oC wood will bo be observed ex cx extending extending I tending along the tho front of the three buildings In the time center of the tho picture Here tho the marketers hitched their I tennis teams and gathered under shelter from the hot summer sun or tho tue rains of conference timo time and nn riM ria cussed the tIme latest news Across the street from rom stores yore Tere the residences of many man prominent prominent nent families ics Including Nathanial Levitte Joseph Harris and others Tho The home was on the corner where now stands the First National I I I bank and Mr Ir Harris has a fine One fruit orchard adjoining his residence The was Wag located about where plumbing shop stands now across from Drivers drug store and the postmaster was Joseph Hall H ll The Bolo Furniture company was then tIlen on tho the ground floor occupied o now by tho Boyle Borla block and the first big fire in history was wag the time destruction of oC their establishment In lit 1876 The rhe Broom Hotel corner was occupied by b Billy Cooks saloon and boor beer was tho the favorito beverage of or many Years before tho Limo Broom corner was a n swamp as was wasa a large portion of Ogden In the early lays days and ani tho the property wn wa traded at atone ono one time for tor a n barrel of syrup The Time huge mud puddle seen scon in n tho the right of time the picture was probably tile the result of or a conference rain although Washington avenue was wac for many years cars Inclined to bo be boggy and anti any anything an anI anything thing but htmL inviting for a promenade In Inthe InI the time center conter of o tho thu picture directly In front of the drug store will be seen SeenI the city flag pole polo from front which for many years eara waved a the time Stars and Stripes of or orthe the time nation nallon |