Show WHITE UP OF OGDEN V A A write upa up of ogden lias has been prepared tor for publication in tile tho encyclopedia it la is as follows ogdon acety and tho the county seat of weber county utah U S A at tho thi confluence of the ogden and weber rivers and about 35 miles north of salt lake laho city population 1890 t 1900 1000 ot of whom were foreign forella born ogdon Is served by y tile the union pacific the southern pacific tile the oregon short line iane and tho the arto arando NV western estern rall railways ways it Is situated at an elevation of about 1300 foot in the region of the wasatch range bange ogden canyon and tho the great salt lake the city has three parks and a a general hospital and Is the seat scat of the state industrial du school and of the state school for tho the deaf dumb and blind ogden iq i in an agricultural and fruit grow ing region and goli gold and silver ard nr produced in the vicinity ity the water fall in the canyon canyo u furnishes a good water ivator power and the city has various manufactures including beet sugar canned banned goods woolens brick tile and i brooms 1 rooms ogden named in lionor honor of peter skeen ogden was laid out u iler der the direction of Brig hain youns young in 1850 aird aid defection was incorporated in the next year in it received a now charter but since 1898 jt hay been governed under a general law of the state |