Show I THE OGDEN ' e V'':H:':-- ii--'iln- '$'6-ill'''it- tUlP21' D Wednesday Evening July 22 1936 R Ii0 LD Ert) le ')(0(o1eri) LI :amous Pioneer House Cabiii Kél6111$1TOR:':1:P4$: OF "BLACK TOM Sqiiar ':q00-43'laci1:h-rcib6iiid6- STANDARD-EXAMINE- geilfeV Pioneer Musician Recalls Opening of Lagoon Saltair Andrew Came To Ogden in 1847 To Visit His Brother Miles Goodyear Who Secured Land From the Mexican Government - George A Thomas Tr an Ogden e Utah visitor last week and musician first came to this city in 1869 when he was nine years old pioneer arriving with the first company to stop at Riverdale he I old-tim- - W IAIHETHER the ancient log cabin standing in a shelter in V If Tabernacle square is one built Miles Goodyear prior related He recalls with "Black to the arrival of the Utah pioneers byor a later one built by Tom" Dee at staying his home on what is his brother Andrew just after the pioneers' arrival is a now h street and Grant avenue °Black Tom" he exquestion which has never been settled eAze:-44- 44 Twenty-fourt- O A Kennedy early-da- y Ogden newspaperman tells how Andrew Goodyear younger brother to Miles Goodyear traveling the west with Fitzpatrick through in 1847 ar rived in Salt Lake about a w eek after the arrivalCity of Brigham Young BROTHER IN OGDEN' He had been informed that his brother was living in Utah and was given definite information at Salt Lake City that his brother could be located near Ogden Andrew came to Ogden and found that his brother was living on a tract of land here which he had secured from the Mexican gov- ernment Miles invited his brother to remain with him which he did later constructing for himself a ' cabin in which to live Whether the cabin now in Tab- ernacle square is the one built by Andrew or whether the cabin was actually billt by Miles him- self is a question which has never r been 'definitely settled TO CALIFORNIA Later When Goodyear sold out his interest to Captain James Brown for $3000 Miles and An- drew journeyed to California to purchase horses In the winter of 0 Andrew and Miles near Dingle Idaho havingcamped prey- laid a iously up goodly supply of whiskey on which they were able 1849-185- to remain drunk most of the time during their stay at Dingle Later Andrew went to Cantor- ma and was one of the founders of Benecia California Goodyear s Bar in California was named after Miles LGoodyear who camped ' in that section after his departure from Utah Hstory Tells of Old East Weber 1 plained was a sturdy old 'pioneer and he earned his nickname because townspeople had to have some method of distinguishing him from his cousin "Red Tom" COLOR OF HAIR The color of their hair determined the nicknames of the two men Thomas recollected Mr Thomas stayed in Ogden only a short time before he and his parents Mr and Mrs John Thomas moved on to Salt Lake City He lived in Salt Lake City until 1897 and was well known in both Ogden and Salt Lake City for his musical ability e He was a member of the °Beesley's band" which played in Ogden on all public occasions His cornet playing took him to Logan to Los An- - and then wherehe lived has for the geles past 20 years as a teacher of music OPENING OF LAGOON Mr Thomas explained that when he arrived in Ogden he had plenty of company in his own family He Is the sole survivor of a family of 19 children and he said "is eighteenth on the list of offspring" He recalled having played with Clive's band at the opening of La goon resort In 1905 and with An-toPeterson's band at the opening of Saltair two years earlier in 1903 He played in the orchestra at the old Salt Lake theatre historic Utah playhouse old-tim- Timothy Kendell resident of Uintah describes the early rise of the little town southeast of Ogden- - to a population of 5000 with 100 business concerns in his book The Rise and Decline of East Weber One of Utah's Earliest 'Big Towne" The population has now sunk to 300 The present site is dotted with the remains of old hotels freight offices breweries and business houses The town declined Shortly after Ogden became the central point for northern Utah ne MINERAL DISCOVERIES According to Professor William Peterson coal was first discovered in Utah in 1851 silver in 1857 and gold in 1864 : 3 The cabin which now stands in the shelter on the 114 D S taberm square here is either the one built by Miles Goodyear bcfore the arrival of the Mormon pioneers or a later one constructed by his brother Andrew In 1847 Brown Established First Sett lernen 30000 Captain James Brown may be considered the founder of the first settlement in Weber county since wherenow stands the tall chimney pf Ashton Fire Brick and Clay company he and his sons ploughed the first furrow and planted the first crops raised here utilizing seed brought from California May Brown a wife of Captain James Brown while living in the house bought of Goodyear became noted as the first and best cheese maker of Utah - 31INE BROUGHT STATE The Comstock lode which at the time of its discovery W as in the extreme western part of the tern- tory of Utah brought enough peo-pie to that section to create the state of Nevada in 1864 AT PRESENT 1934 RODEO The 1934 Pioneer days rodeo was attended by approximately 30000 persons and gave the city a net profit of $8000 while gross receipts reached $15500 The largest source of revenue was rodeo tickets which accounted for $14055 Other items of Income were Kangaroo Hort $9599 dona tions $16595 beardless fund $50 midway concessions $650 costume rodeo entry fees cotnpany $2410 $205 stadium- concessions $150 FIRST BOND ISSUE weber county was first bonded in the amount of $150000 during 1892 At a special election held June I of that year the voters ratified the bonds to be usectfor tho purpose of paying off county indebtedness and for improvements Oil a SW i Z: WATE titto ctt ctt l) : ::-:- x Z 'ow - Gm'ccisi) VIREIE PREIT OF YOUR - 4 2' )4' 1 0741IDER11 - 111001111 sik 4461'4 - IPnq3)3 ma: CEIMMLPIA71110M I a trip to L C Penney opened his first store 31 years ago with the idea that he could make his customers his friends Ire saw to it that they got a fair deal that they got their money's ii orth lie pioneered the "Golden Rule" his business has been growing steadily but we still follow that rule Maybe it is old fashioned — to treat your customers as friends But we've been doing besides It so long It's a habit with us we like to run our business that Way LLUJ COD "The Fun Spot of Utah" SPECIAlcULAR ticiEEIGE111 JULY 24 11! t 3 53 ROLM TRIP Make Penney's Your Headquarters In Ogden! 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