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Show Page 10 The Ogden Valley news Volume XXV Issue IV April 15, 2018 Get Out And Live (GOAL) – More than just a marathon! The GOAL Foundation is a local organization that not only produces the world-class Zions Bank Ogden Marathon, but also inspires residents and visitors of Ogden Valley to “Get Out and Live.” Whether participating in, volunteering for, or cheering on athletes, Valley residents can make a difference in their own lives and in the lives of others through the GOAL Foundation. GOAL gives back to the youth of the Greater Ogden Community through The Young Runner’s Program and the Shoe Give Back Program. The Foundation also hosts Youth Summer Camps for mountain bike riding, hiking, and rock climbing (ogdenmarathon.com). Volunteers with the GOAL Foundation work year-round with the Y.M.C.A and the Boys and Girls Club after school programs to help encourage kids to get outdoors and learn the joy of exercise and community activity. Once a month, GOAL volunteers go to the afterschool programs at schools in downtown Ogden and lead the students in games and activities that get them out running and moving. Using proceeds from the marathon, GOAL has gifted 400 pairs of running shoes and supported 745 students at 15 Ogden area schools. Along with the marathon in May, GOAL also puts on the Winter Race Circuit (WRC) that includes a 5K, 10K, 10-miler, half marathon, and 30K on different days—all geared to help runners train and prepare for the Ogden Marathon. GOAL also produces the Mountain 2 Metro race, which is a trail run that transitions to the Ogden River Parkway and ends at the Harvest Moon Festival in downtown Ogden. Last year, GOAL added El Doce to their Signature Events. El Doce is a 12-hour mountain bike race held at Powder Mountain. Athletes can create teams or ride solo in a 12or 6-hour race over 12 miles of trail. This year’s El Doce event is scheduled for August 18. Along with the events that they produce, the GOAL foundation also lends support each year to many programs that help bring recognition and visitors to the greater Ogden area. In 2017, GOAL volunteers worked to help out with the Yeti Bash, The Sweaty Yeti Fat Tire Bike Race, the XTerra Pan Am Championships, and the Tour of Utah. Besides providing Ogden Valley residents with many different motivations to get active and stay healthy, the GOAL Foundation affords many opportunities to volunteer and meet people while being a part of team efforts and exciting events. Of course, these events are important to the economic health of our area as well, bringing recognition and business to Ogden Valley and improving the quality of life for all. This year the GOAL Foundation contributed to the Community Foundation of Ogden Valley as a sponsor to help non-profits in the valley. GOAL’s roots stem from the 2002 Olympics when Ogden area residents joined together to create volunteer teams and an excitement around sports that the Olympics spurred and volunteers wanted to maintain. Learn more about the programs that the GOAL Foundation produces and supports—and learn how you can sign up to participate in, or volunteer for upcoming events at <www.ogdenmarathon.com> MARATHON cont. from page 1 by 1:15 p.m. May 19. As part of this year’s Mayor’s Walk, presented by American Pet Nutrition, participants are invited to bring their four-legged furry companions. This walk takes place Friday, May 18 and begins near High Adventure Park on Grant Avenue and 18th St., and will also finish at the same location as the marathon. The first 200 people to register will receive an event shirt and a commemorative Mayor’s Challenge coin. Those interested in participating in these events can register online at <www.getoutandlive.org> directly. Families can choose from the Kids K, Youth 5k and 5K, which all take place during the marathon and utilize the same finish line. During the day of the marathon, Ogden Canyon will be closed 6:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. for events. Ogden Canyon residents with access passes will be permitted to use the Utah Highway Patrol shuttle service to travel to and from their homes. Eden, Huntsville and Liberty residents are asked to use Trappers Loop or the North Ogden Divide due to the canyon closure. All Valley traffic is expected to return to normal Subscriptions available for out-of-area residents at $18 annually. Send payment with mailing address to: The Ogden Valley news PO BOX 130, EDEN UT 84310 JULIA RIVET cont. from page 1 amid shouts of, “Shoot the squaw!,” as recorded by mountain man Joe Meek. The American trappers, so thunderstruck by her nerve, let her escape unscathed. Ogden, with his company critically reduced in number, were obliged to flee for their lives, retreating back over the mountains to New Hole (Ogden Valley). Featured above is The 1825 rendezvous the niece of Juliet helped quickly spread the Rivet - Clarice Rivet. news of the incident on the No photos have yet Weber River at present day been found of Julia. Mountain Green. In a few short months, word had reached as far as Hudson Bay’s London offices. The occurrence caused such an uproar among trappers, fur trading companies, and passing immigrants that emerging folklore surrounding the people and circumstance connected to the event gave rise to the permanent names of Ogden’s Hole and Trapper’s Loop. Julia was the step daughter of French Canadian explorer/trapper Francois Rivet. Mr. Rivet married Julia’s widowed mother around 1809 and Julia also took on the name Rivet. Five years prior, Mr. Rivet had been in the employ of Lewis and Clark, hired on as a scout and interpreter, along with the young Sacagawea and her husband Toussaint Charbonneau. Julia and Sacagawea were the same age, both born in 1788. Additionally, Julia and her mother happened to be from Flathead tribal leadership while Sacagawea was also from a family of Shoshone tribal leadership. During the early 1800’s the Flathead and the Shoshone territories bordered each other. They had allied themselves against the Blackfeet for protection. In the context of diplomatic communications and interactions between the Flatheads and Shoshones during the lifetimes of Peter Skene Ogden Julia and Sacagawea, near the age when he circumstances suggest married Julia Rivet. their respective families might have met or at least known of each other. Though no historical verification exists, Julia and Sacagawea might possibly have shared an acquaintance. There was certainly opportunity, particularly in light of evidence that Francois Rivet, Julia’s stepfather, had known and interacted with Sacagawea personally. Julia had been widowed at the age of 19. Her short lived young warrior husband had been killed in battle. She had not been married long enough to have children and lived at her mother’s lodge for more than ten years before meeting Peter Skene Ogden. Julia became Peter Skene Ogden’s country wife around 1819. She was not an easy catch. Ogden spent half his life’s savings on 50 horses, which he traded in ceremonial fashion for her hand— impressive, even by Hollywood’s most lavish, romanticized depictions of frontier courtship. She was at Grave of Julia Rivet in least 2 years older and Lac la Hache, British likely taller than her Columbia. husband. There was something about her that compelled Ogden’s desire and nothing discouraged his pursuit. She willingly adopted, as her own, Ogden’s two sons, Peter and Charles, from his previous marriage. She insisted early on that she would not be left behind with their family during the many expeditions he would lead. She, with him, would brave the cold of winter and near starvation along the way into the Snake River Country, all while caring for her growing family. She assumed a full complement of duties on the trail—setting and breaking camp, preparing meals, skinning and drying beaver skins, and assisting in the occasional delivery of newborns. In early spring of 1825, Julia was well into her first trapping expedition and just weeks away from arriving in what would eventually become Ogden Valley. With no man inclined to assist, Julia would jump into the freezing waters of the Snake River to retrieve a goose shot on a mid-river island. She needed goose grease to help the labored breathing of her young son. Expedition members, including her husband (who could not swim), watched on in astonished helplessness as she struggled against the current to eventually return, her neck ringed in encrusted ice as she clutched the dripping 15-pound bird. Young Charles found quick relief from his mother’s timely intervention and Julia inexplicably avoided pneumonia. After her husband’s retirement and the family’s relocation to Oregon City in the 1850’s, Ogden would at times refer to Julia as the “old lady.” By this time Julia had brought three additional children—Sarah Julia, David, and her last child, Isaac—at the impressive outerchild-bearing-limits of 51 years of age! As fate would have it, Ogden would precede Julia in death, passing at the age of 64, and leaving Julia to outlive him by 30 years. No contrived comic super hero here. Julia Rivet Ogden was the real deal—wonder woman and super mom extraordinaire! If you’d like to know more about Julia Rivet Ogden and the roles of other native Americans in the Northern Utah fur trade of the early 1800’s, visit Facebook page “Ogden Hole aka Ogden Valley,” and plan to attend “In Search of Ogden’s Hole— Contributions of Native Americans to the Fur Trade of Northern Utah.” Keynote speaker will be Darren Parry, Chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. This event will be held Thursday, May 17, 2018 at the Hearthside in Eden at 7:00 p.m., and is sponsored by OV200 – Ogden Valley Bicentennial Council. |
