OGDEN, Utah
had a big thrust to name more of its streets in 1918, to avoid confusion and assist travelers.
However, some street names of a century ago didn’t survive.
According to
the Ogden Standard-Examiner of March 27, 1918, here are some of those forgotten
street titles:
-Riverdale
Avenue.
-Uintah
Dugway
-Hooper
State Road.
-Potato Row.
-Hot Springs
Road
-Lincoln
Highway.
Wilson Lane
and Little Mountain Road were two names that did survive the times.
-“KNEW NOT
THE SPEED LIMIT” was an April 30, 1912 headline in the Ogden Standard-Examiner.
Guess what
the speed limit on Washington Avenue (today’s Boulevard) was in 1912? It was a
whopping 6 to 10 miles an hour. A motorcyclist received a $7 speeding ticket for
racing around at 15 miles an hour back then.
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