Show CITY precarious past aul anil prosperous present there are but campara comparatively dively few people living here at the present time who can rightly appreciate the tile present status of our city those who encamped on its site ill in 1850 1850 saw little else than barrenness AND much of the land here was uninviting being covered up with mars marshes ies stagnant pools and alkali no bridges spanned the streams ogden and weber rivers etc there were no mills at which to obtain flour or building materials no solid roada roads on which to travel and the settlers were a thousand miles from any source of supply of provisions or clothing clot liing they were then brought face to face with hard stem facts they had A wilderness TO SUBDUE crickets and snakes to kill and what was still worse the savage indians to conquer and tame by years of liard hard persever persevering toil rigid economy and so self if den denia those obstacles to their progress have been overcome and today to day ogden is a CITY aa as well known as chicago or any other town in the united states she is destined at no very distant peri period d to lecome one of tho the great commercial and shipping centers of the west we are very pleasantly located at the foot of the wasatch mountains between two good rivers rivers the ogden and the weber which supply the citizens with ABUNDANCE OF or WATER for irrigation and other purposes and would furnish sufficient for various rious i public works our flouring floering flou ring mills turn out an excellent article of flour which finds a ready market while the products of our gardens and orchards are in demand and some of them are aro awarded good premiums at exhibitions in ill distant states improvements IN THE TOWN are continually going forward mercantile bu business siness ia is rapi rapidly idly increasing the population is 13 constantly dwelli swelling in I its is numbers the people copl C are generally generally healthy and n on enjoy oy in in a gr great eat measure im immunity un ty from many of tile dise diseases amses which ich so fearfully affect many cities in the east and in the west our oar educational institutions are well sustained and are progressing the establishment of railroad depots iron works and other industries here which we may reasonably hope to see at no very distant day will give an increased impetus to business AN INCENTIVE TO capitalists to invest their mean a in real estate and make such improvements that will render ogden one of the most prosperous cities on oil the western s slope lope |