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The Marriott-Slaterville City History Collection was created by the residents of the town to document their history. The collection includes Autobiographies, Oral Histories, History of Marriott, History of Slaterville, and the History of the Merging Townships to create Marriott-Slaterville City. This information has left behind rich histories, stories and important information regarding the history of the Marriott-Slaterville area. |
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Show February 21, 1999 Residents cry foul at Defense Depot Critics claim DDO ignored study saying area should be historic district By SUSAN SNYDER_ Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN - Angry residents charge that officials redeveloping Defense Depot Ogden ignored a 1997 consultant's recommendation that the entire 1,100-acre site be designated a National Historic District. "We were told there was nothing of historical significance on that site," said Bill Morris, former chairman of the planning commission for Marriott Township. "It was all a lie." The 88-page report, completed in April 1997 by Sagebrush Consultants of Ogden, cites rare World War II structures and the fact that DDO was Utah's largest WWII prisoner of war camp among reasons for the designation. The study recommended that all of DDO be listed as a National Historic District, including "80 contributing buildings." But officials didn't ignore the former military base's history and they are doing some things to preserve its past, said Mike Pavich, head of the Ogden Local Redevelopment Authority that is overseeing reuse of the property. "In order for the military to sell the property, they had to do a historical and cultural review and study," Pavich said. "There are several buildings there over 50 years old that qualified for historic buildings." The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hired Sagebrush to do the review, Pavich said. After reading the Sagebrush report, the corps decided it would best to photograph and document the existing historic buildings and other significant features of the property then give the collection to Weber State University's library for safe keeping, Pavich said. They also are going to build a recreational trail across the property that will connect Historic Bingham's Fort located on one side to the Ogden Nature Center on the other. In November, Ogden officials agreed to buy the property from the Department of the Army for $5.9 million. The Utah Legislature appropriated almost $1 million for the down payment in 1997. The rest of the money is to come from leases and sales revenue. Still residents say they never heard of the report before last summer when it was discovered by a resident doing research on the historic Bingham's Fort area, 208 |
