Tuesday, April 14, 2026

A Brief History of the Freeport Center, originally The U.S. Naval Supply Depot

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           A morning train coming off the Union Pacific mainline heads west into the Freeport Center. THE Freeport Center was originally a ...
Monday, April 13, 2026

The "Ogden" Hot Springs that were actually in Pleasant View

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THE Utah Hot Springs (also originally called Ogden Hot Springs) was actually in Pleasant View and closed in about 1970, after more than 8...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

"Club Foot" -- One of the first Grizzly Bear sheep killers to be shot in Northern Utah -- and before Old Ephraim

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                                                                  A stuffed bear in a Utah store.   OLD Ephraim was NOT the first, or the ...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Ogden's Hinckley Airport isn't the Area's Original Airport

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  An aerial view of the Ogden Airport in 2006.             Photo from Wikipedia Commons    MOST people would believe that the current Ogden...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Layton's Gentile Street is not Unique -- There's a Gentile Valley Road in Southeast Idaho

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                                                       Gentile Street sign in Layton, Utah. For those familiar with Layton, Utah, the City’s...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

1948: When a West Davis Highway in northern Utah was first proposed

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MANY may erroneously believe that a West Davis Highway corridor was first proposed by Utah Governor Mike Leavitt back in 1996, alm...

1898: When 75 percent of Park City was destroyed by a 'Fiery furnace'

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                                 Park City's Main Street. IT was likely the largest city fire ever in Utah. "Destroyed!; ...