Thursday, March 27, 2014

Layton City BEFORE Hill Air Force Base came along ...

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The Hill AFB Air Show in 2009. By Lynn Arave Hill Air Force Base is the dominant employer in Layton City and Davis County. However,...
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Besides the 'Seagull' miracle, were there at least 3 pioneer 'wind' miracles too?

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By Lynn Arave PERHAPS the most famous miracles in Mormon Pioneer history occurred in June-July of 1848 when the first crops in the Salt...

April Fool's Day in Ogden almost a century ago

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 “Yes, Ogden celebrates April Fool” was an April 1, 1926 headline in the Standard-Examiner. “Patrolman William Meyer this morning forgot i...
Friday, March 21, 2014

The forgotten history of Ogden’s Tabernacle Square

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                            Author and wife, LeAnn, at the former Ogden Temple in 2010. THE lengthy history of Ogden’s Tabernacle Sq...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Ogden’s first two viaducts

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  WHEN  did the 24 th Street Viaduct across the railroad yard originate in Ogden? It was rebuilt in more modern times, but here’s the s...
Friday, March 7, 2014

Ogden used to have its own 'Tabernacle Choir'

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  Even the small town of Grouse Creek had its own choir in 1933 and posed at the Ogden Tabernacle. “Ogden Tabernacle Choir to sing in Sal...
Friday, February 28, 2014

Morgan County names: From Chinatown to Hardscrabble

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Morgan County names: From Chinatown to Hardscrabble Morgan County is home to many historic place names. Here’s a sampling of them: ...