Thursday, February 19, 2015

The tale of the second “Golden Spike”

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                        -From the book, History of Ogden, Utah in Old Post Cards," by D. Boyd Crawford. EVER hear the story abo...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Looking back at Valentines Days of old in Ogden …

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Photo from "History of Ogden, Utah in Old Post Cards," by D. Boyd Crawford. VALENTINE'S Day was a pretty big deal...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

1890s: When living west of the tracks in Weber County was a pain

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     Aerial photo showing the vast width of the Ogden railyards, circa 1950s, looking northward.  “CROSSING the tracks” was a ...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Back when many newly married women automatically quit their jobs

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   This is the original workforce for Mountain Fuel Supply in Layton, in 1949, an era when women were still discouraged from working.    ...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Back when a single airplane flying over delighted Utahns

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                                  One of the air shows at Hill Air Force Base. RESIDENTS in Northern Utah commonly see aircra...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

A 1914 proposal to disband Davis County

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WHAT if Davis County didn’t exist today? Just over a century ago, there was a strong proposal to do away with it. “Davis County m...
Friday, January 9, 2015

When Garner Cave was first explored by Boy Scouts

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                      Coldwater Canyon, as viewed from the northwest in North Ogden. “ BOYS explore huge cavern. Scouts of Troop 20...
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