Ogden, Utah Ogden, Utah Downtown Ogden Downtown Ogden Ogden / d n/ is a town/city and the governmental center of county of Weber County, Utah, United States, roughly 10 miles (16 km) east of the Great Salt Lake and 40 miles (64 km) north of Salt Lake City.
Ogden is also known for its many historic buildings, adjacency to the Wasatch Mountains, and as the locale of Weber State University.
Ogden is a principal town/city of the Ogden Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which contains all of Weber, Morgan, Davis, and Box Elder counties.
The 2010 Enumeration placed the Metro populace at 597,159. In 2010, Forbes rated the Ogden-Clearfield MSA as the 6th best place to raise a family. Ogden has had a Sister City relationship to Hof (Germany) since 1954.
Ogden in 1874.
Originally titled Fort Buenaventura, the town/city of Ogden was the first permanent settlement by citizens of European descent in the region that is now Utah.
It was established by the trapper Miles Goodyear in 1846 about a mile west of where downtown Ogden is presently located.
In November 1847, Fort Buenaventura was purchased by the Mormon pioneer for $1,950. The settlement was then called Brownsville, after Captain James Brown, but was later titled Ogden for a brigade prestige of the Hudson's Bay Company, Peter Skene Ogden, who had trapped in the Weber Valley a generation earlier.
There is some confusion in which "Ogden" was the first to set foot in the Utah city.
Peter's older brother Samuel Ogden traveled though the United States on an exploration trip in 1818.
Westbound travelers changed cars at Ogden, from Union Pacific to Southern Pacific, which took them to California Ogden is the closest sizeable town/city to the Golden Spike locale at Promontory Summit, Utah, where the First Transcontinental Railroad was joined in 1869.
Ogden was known as a primary traveler barns junction owing to its locale along primary east west and north south routes, prompting the small-town chamber of commerce to adopt the motto, "You can't get anywhere without coming to Ogden." Railroad travelers traveling west to San Francisco from the easterly United States typically passed through Ogden (and not through the larger Salt Lake City to the south).
Ogden, however, is no longer served by Amtrak, the nationwide traveler rail system, and travelers desiring to travel from Ogden by rail must travel via Front - Runner commuter rail to Salt Lake City and Provo.
In 1972, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints instead of assembly of and dedicated the Ogden Utah Temple in Ogden.
In 2010, the LDS Church reported a primary renovation of the Ogden Temple and the contiguous Tabernacle.
Because Ogden has historically been the second biggest city in Utah, it is home to a large number of historic buildings.
However, by the 1980s, a several Salt Lake City suburbs and Provo had surpassed Ogden in population.
The Defense Depot Ogden Utah directed in Ogden from 1941 to 1997.
Some of its 1,128 acres (456 ha) has since been converted into a commercial and industrialized park called the Business Depot Ogden.
Ogden is positioned at 41 13 11 N 111 58 16 W (41.2196, 111.9712), at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 26.6 square miles (69.0 km2), all land.
"Ogden" sign over Washington Boulevard at the Ogden River; toward downtown The Ogden and Weber Rivers, which originate in the mountain peaks to the east, flow through the town/city and meet at a confluence just west of the town/city limits.
Pineview Dam is positioned in the Ogden River Canyon 7 miles (11 km) east of Ogden.
Prominent mountain peaks near Ogden include Mount Ogden to the east and Ben Lomond to the north.
Ogden experiences a dry summer continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dsa).
Climate data for Ogden, Utah (1981 2010 normals) Ogden City Municipal Building Ogden is governed under the mayor-council form of government, in which the full-time mayor serves as executive while the seven-member part-time council serves as the legislative branch.
Four of the council members represent the city's four municipal wards, while the other three (Lopez, White, and Blair) are voted for at-large by voters from the entire city.
The Ogden City government operates on a budget of $190 million per year and employs almost 600 full-time workers. In addition to providing the usual municipal services, the government actively engages in promoting company and economic development.
The town/city operates a redevelopment agency (RDA), with the town/city council acting as the RDA governing board and the mayor as its executive director.
Nearly all of Ogden's central company precinct is now veiled by designated redevelopment districts, as are Business Depot Ogden and a several other industrialized areas in the parts of the city.
Much of the recent political discourse in Ogden has concentrated on controversial government-sponsored evolution projects in the downtown area, including the Ogden Eccles Conference Center, Lindquist Field, The Junction, the Ogden River Project, and other proposals that have not moved forward. A proposed streetcar connecting downtown to Weber State University has thriving considerable consideration but only limited support. A primary controversy flared up in 2005 07 when the mayor and many the rest pushed unsuccessfully for assembly of a luxury residentiary evolution on enhance territory in Ogden's foothills and a new ski resort in the mountain peaks above the city, to be accessed by a pair of aerial gondolas. Other small-town political concerns include Ogden's mostly high tax and utility rates, accomplishments to fight crime, allegations of government corruption, and challenges facing the Ogden City schools. Entrance to the 1st Annual Ogden Pride Festival 2015 at the Ogden City Municipal Amphitheater, Ogden, UT Ogden held its first LGBT Pride festival in 2015 at the Ogden City amphitheater.
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As the principal town/city of the 2nd biggest MSA in Utah, Ogden serves as an economic core for the northern part of the state.
The Internal Revenue Service has a large county-wide facility in Ogden and is the city's biggest employer with over 5,000 employees. Other large employers include Mc - Kay Dee Hospital, Weber State University, Ogden City School District, Autoliv, Fresenius, and Convergys. In 2013, Ogden ranked No.
The biggest of these is Business Depot Ogden, a former Army depot that was restructured to be a 1,000-plus acre company park. Front - Runner commuter rail, which runs between Provo and Ogden, via Salt Lake City Ogden is served directly by exits 341, 342, 343, and 344.
US-89 enters the town/city from the south, running through the town/city as Washington Boulevard, which serves as the chief street of Ogden.
State Route 39 runs east west through the town/city as 12th Street, and continues eastward through Ogden Canyon providing access to Pineview Reservoir and the mountain and ski resort town of Huntsville.
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) operates four bus routes directly between Salt Lake City and Ogden, as well as various the rest that serve Weber and northern Davis counties that connect into either the Ogden Intermodal Hub on the west edge of town or to Weber State University.
Ogden is also the origin of the two routes that serve Brigham City, the northernmost extension of UTA's bus system.
The Front - Runner commuter rail is now open and runs between Salt Lake City and Pleasant View, just north of Ogden, and contains a stop at the Ogden Intermodal Hub.
Amtrak service is provided with a bus connection running to/from Salt Lake City, where there are everyday California Zephyr trains west to the Oakland, California region and east to Chicago, Illinois.
Amtrak trains do not serve Ogden directly.
Historically, Ogden Union Station served as a core for incessant trains going northwest to Oregon and Washington, and east to Chicago.
Allegiant Air offers commercial service from Ogden to Phoenix and Mesa, AZ.
Ogden City Municipal Building Ogden Eccles Conference Center Ogden High School Ogden Nature Center Ogden Utah Temple Ogden Forest Service Building The mountain peaks and rivers near Ogden offer distinct opportunities for outside recreation.
A fitness of paved urban trails runs along the banks of the Ogden and Weber Rivers. The quartzite cliffs above Ogden's foothills furnish a range of modern climbing routes.
On the mountain peaks east of Ogden are three downhill ski areas: Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, and Wolf Mountain.
Kayaking is a prominent sport on portions of the Ogden and Weber Rivers.
The reservoirs near Ogden are used for a wide range of water sports.
Ogden is also home to the minor league baseball team Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League, the Women's Flat Track Derby Association league Junction City Roller Dolls, the minor-league soccer team Ogden Outlaws of the Premier Development League and the Ogden Knights of the American Indoor Football Association.
Ogden Stadium homes the annual "Hot Rocking 4th", a motorsports event.
Ogden is a satellite venue of the Sundance Film Festival.
Other affairs of interest include a downtown farmer's market, the Ogden Arts Festival, the Harvest Moon Festival, Ogden Winterfest and the Ogden Marathon. Ogden has had two shopping malls.
Newgate Mall was assembled in 1981, and Ogden City Mall a year before .
Panoramic video clip of Ogden recorded on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail at 5,111 ft (1,558 m) Clip pans from south to west to north Two ships in the United States Navy have been titled after the City of Ogden; the first, USS Ogden (PF-39), in 1943, and the second, USS Ogden (LPD-5), in 1964.
Ogden was the site of the continuing Hi-Fi murders in 1974.
Flying J, the biggest retailer of diesel fuel in North America, has its corporate command posts in Ogden.
In 2009, Ogden ranked No.
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