| Show EARLY DAYS OF OGDEN I IIl torcU1 ItoiuiulKconeoM I Ontlioretl in the Junollou City SAlT LAIR Cnv rebruary 61895 1hUe In Ogden last month for the pur IOSO I of obtaining historical Information about tho Weber Stile ol Zion It t wt deemed necessary to tidy come ol the old land marks In and around Ogden City Accordingly on Ihe i6th ult the following named veterans and old tclltcrs accompanied me to the site of the old Goodyear and Drown hurt Alexander llrown Jesse S llrown and JchnC Thompson who vlslled I lira old Goodyear ort as early as 147 James M IIrown and James Burch who Milled on the Weber In I6 < 8 Kalph Douglass duties h Middleton Natlun Veardsley and Clifton Ilrownlng whose settlement settle-ment dates back to 18so 1resldent Lewis W bhurllilT Uenjamln C Chrilch low Moroni llrown pioneers of 1851 and Dalus II Ensign Bishop Moroni F Drown grandson ol Captain James Brown and Dudley W Stone of later date Among those mentioned were lour ol Captain llrown sons namely Alexander Jesse S James C and Moroni The two first named ol these brother were members of lire Mormon battalion as were also John C T1ioni ion and Kalph Douglas Datus II Ensigh one of the company Is a non ol Datui Ensign the pioneer who assisted Alexander llrown in plowing the lint land in Weber county The old Goodyear Port the home of Miles M Goodyear of whom Captain James llrown early in 1841 purchased that tract of land which embraced most of what Is now Weber county slood on the light bank ol the Weber river Immediately nottli of what II I now aSih street of Ogden City Die fort consist cd ol a stockade built ol cotton ood logs which reached above ground about fifteen feet It Inclosed a parcel ol ground about six rods square There were two entrances one on the east end one on the west side of ihe fort and on the Inside three or four lot cabins gave helter to Mr > ood > ears Indian lamlly nnd those whn worked for him ur who together mitt hm were engaged in trapping fishing and hunting hunt-ing InAt Iho time ol the purchaie the Goodyear Sort stood upon a bcaulllul Ih tract of land forming a big bend In the liver but lubsequent Hoods particularly I the high water r iS6j washed away tbe lands once occupied by the tort unlit the site c1s now almost on n level with the bed of the river or nearly lour I feet lower than the surface of the land In iSjS In lime of high wrier the site becomes an Island as he river hit cut IIb new side channel some ilmlance east of where the lort stood and between be-tween that and Ihe Union Pacific railway rail-way track on the cost about lorty rods southwest ol the tile Hands circular land bed of respectable dlmenilom Ily the presence of that familiar landmark land-mark tho old settlers have no trouble In pointing out the exact spot where the Goodyear fort mood The Goodyear fort was first visited by a few ol the Mormon Pioneers In August 1147 On rite nlnelh day ol that month Captain lames llrown who about two weeks previous had arrived In Great bait Lake valley I with that detachment WoI tachment ol tire Mormon battalion which bad wintered at 1 Iueblo started from the plnneer encampment on Ibo present site ol bait I Lake City bound for ban Francisco by way ol tort 1U L The object of Captain Drown a trip to tbe coast WM to draw the pay due from the United Staten government to Ihe men of I Ids detachment he took with him the I muster roll of the detachment with power of attorney from each nun to I sign lor and receive bis pay Accompanying the captain were rlt Samuel Lannan who was lo act as I guide Abner Blicktmrn Gilbert Hunt John Feeler Wilham Gobble Henry rank Lysander Woodwonh tad JesseS I Jesse-S Brown This Lille ectopaav slopped over night with Mr Goodyear neat or second rujht alter UXDC tavur departure de-parture from the pworer chap Later In the SUB leer a detachment of the bittalioe vhot a4 been do charged In Cauloreu kio mated the Goodyear oC oa stew wv to she pioneer camp and so Matter uurtcrs = Clt Captain I Brown in laretsma tram Call fornla toward the claw w 11147 gin called upon Mr Goodyear and soon afterward in January iM he consu mated his hlSlone pufctuM paying Mr Goodyear j 1 tOO fur bit land and Improvement Im-provement and thus laid the foundation for the second city of Importance In what two years ana half tl liter became Utah Territory When the puichi was made that Intermountain region was still a part of Mexico but about a month later by the famous treaty of Guadalupe I llldalgo It became a part of the Untied Staten Almost immediately after becoming the owner of the Goodyear fort Captain Drown tent up men to take charge and prepare for potting In a crop that set son in which lie was tar I more 1 succeislul 1 than Mr Goodyear and companion had predicted Captain Drown only retained a small portion of the binds purchased lor his own use and allowed nn brethren breth-ren to take poucsilon ol and utilize the remainder Among those who settled on the Weber liver in 1843 soon utter the Goodyear purchase was made were Ihe lollowl mgt Laptam James Drown hie wile Mary his stepson David Black his tons Alexander Alex-ander end JetseS and Infant tf daughter I Zloty Lliu born in the Great ball lake tll 1uJt hrt8 City Ion 1 November 8th l 1847 and I live the wile of Wm t I Crhciiluwoi O den Lewis 11 Myers and l nil Indian wife George W fherlklcl and wife Hubert i Crow and family lichen C bneilon a member ol the M irmun Battalion and lam ly Ruben blurring and wile and a M xnan boy Artemus Sprague Diiijrl Burch and latmly inc udlng 1 William James Robert M Belinda I and i I 11 1n i Emma M n Ruin biewrfrt and toothy among wnoin was James Rn u l > nlhra I illiam A IMUI1 1IU4 J Nancy L and Irgcll William btiwirt dc family Including I j Caroline Randolph Ran-dolph Jokhua DOpha China and John Irwin Stewart Dr Me mire of ihe Mormon Mor-mon f battalion lame nlto Mr 1 tinge and Mr llurrows two monntamuers with Indian wives and families Laler I In IMS annlhir branch of Captain lames llrown family located with the i oilier among the uemberi nl which I were Nancy Daniel Janiet M William and ell noun I rank In I Nutie swept tin Brown family located In the old Goodyear fort the rest built cabin I at different points alone the Weber log l on both sides of the Ogden rler i in the I prlnr and rhV 1849 most of the erly settler on ihe Vebr I mines otaCallurnla let for the gold mines of California but Ihe eltltment was ilrenfthened by many ol the fall emigration dunn9 r who located on Ihe I Vt her da during 1 the winter ol 1149 and Ills new arrivals were of common occurrence In March iBjo the Slnt were orginlisd l into a branch I of the Church loon after that a city wa surveyed anal in I January 1851 a Stake ol Zion cuiwMIng then of two IIMiop wards was oallilld by Praidnt Ilrighim tonIng The heavy rains in the prliig of 1850 OI caused 1h 1 the Weber river lo overflow bank and the Goodyear fort and Ihe surrounding Inrmlnr land were sub merged upon which Captiln Ilrowit concluded di vacate the old G lodytr stockade and locale on higher I I grounds Consequinlly I a site I for a new lord wa selected atwul a quarter ol a mile southeast south-east of the old tort on a tract ol land which lie Immediately south of what II I now joth street of O < dn clly and east of the Union Pacilic Railway track According lo the best recollection of the old residents this fort which k known In Ihe lilnorr ol Ogden as roans Fort Inclosed about ten acre of land The log hoists of which the fort consisted were built on the lour side of the square but It was not entirely en-tirely enclosed there being 1le a few mail and tome large opening between the home In m this fort and lira so called Farr I fort situated on the north side ol Ihe Ogden river nearly all the people who hail settled on the Weber removed In rIca because ol Indian trouble but in the spring and umnir ol 1851 moat ol them moved out upon their city lots an I larmi again the aborigine having become reconciled lo their while neighbors There Is no trace of Browns lorl today the east log cabin which farmed n part of It having been lnved years ago The slip in l included In what U I now known aa than boutli Ogden survey toil forms apart a-part ol one of the numerous additions which during Ihe recent boom were put on the market About half a dozen small modern houses stand upon Ihe historic spot hli 1arrs fart I which nourished at lime same time is llrown fort was built In the fall ol 180 and contained quite a population duimg the winter of team 51 It awed on a level tract of land on the north side of Ogden liter about three rl fedi rt quarters of a mile In an air line northeast north-east of the reform school but opposite the river Irom II It Is about a mile east of main street or Washington avenue Tho dlslance between 1arrs fart and Browni fort was about three miles Ihe tanner being situated I In a northeasterly lfr lf III direction from r time other or to mike It plainer when Jarrs fort stood about ra tCr one mile actn ol whit H now the main Ihoroughlare of Ogden CllyWaihlngtun I Avenue Browns fort was neatly three quarters ol a mile west ol Unl tired larrs Iott stood on the right bank or north lido ol the O jden liver and distant dis-tant from it about a quarter ol a mile while Brown Fort I Hood about I Jo rods east or on Ihs right bank of the Weber river and about two miles above the junction the two tlreams llmghi Fort which In m Ihe minds ol some people becomes contused with Furs Furl stasis after consideration It came Into evidence during or Immediately Im-mediately alter tine Walker war in iSu but built mostly I in ttpi and 1 s85fi stood about three milt north ot the present center of Ogden or half a mile west of the ao called 1 ive points Of The ground upon which this was built was owned by Erasmus 1 Blnghain one of the first Illnhorn of Weber County hence the name Binghami Fort I Tine rxeenS III rIr fort ground extended east and west no rods north and south U was lAi rods Hide li was designed to bulid the walls twelve feet iii gin and six feet thick at the bottom but thy were never completed com-pleted brigham In Young the fall lleber of C 115 Kimbill Prmldent and 1 aaher prominent leaders ol the Church rrelr ill who visited the place counseled the people to break up and move tro Ogden City an the bite of Dintham fort win not considered a suitable place to hmld a large city The greater portion ol the people responded to lime advice and lken II1OP mostly on what Is known is the bench ol Olden city or that portion now embraced In the fourth and hfth Bishop ward This move gave Ircsli Impetus to Ogden which at that time was being surrounded by a Sp muln wall similar lathe one bull13l0ulld Sail Like City In 1851 There are no remnants left of either Fair foil or Illiniums Furl Both site are today carefully cultivated by the husband men The ground upon which Farms I Fort I stood la now embraced In the Mound Fort 1 Ward that ot Bngham Fort in the Lynn Ward ANDKIW 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