Historical Home on second street. 1870's, George Pierce peddled Eastern newspaper and subscribed to the first Ogden Newpaper Between 1850 and 1861, forts appeared all over. Ogden City started, but never completed, north and south walls but completed the wall that is now known as Wall Avenue. Brown's Fort was located on approximately 29th and Pacific Avenue, Farr's Fort along Millcreek to 12th and Monroe Avenue, Goodyear Fort, later known as Fort BuenaVentura, along the Weber River, Fort Ogden was between 21st and 28th Streets East. Huntsville Fort was in the upper valley of the Ogden River, Uintah Fort was west of South Weber at 475 East 6650 South. Eventually, the increasing settler population put the Indians in the minority and they were later restricted by the government to reservations even though many of them resided peacefully, but unhappily, in and around the forts. Self Guided Tours A self-guided tour for the Bingham's Fort Historic Area publication is available to the public from the Ogden City landmarks Commission. It includes illustrations of the sites along with addresses and information. At a recent first public city meeting of Marriott-Slaterville, I had the opportunity to meet one of the authors of the publication, Jackie Westergard. Her great-grandfather was John Marriott. Accompanying her, to give support of the union of the two cities, was Jerry Harrop and Bill Morris, also descendants, and great-grandchildren of Marriott. They were all present to encourage and preserve their pioneer heritage by the Marriott-Slaterville union. and erected the first log house extended with adobe walls at what was to become Marriottsville in 1890. Richard Slater went west from Bingham Fort establishing what is now known as Slaterville. Martin Henderson Harris went northwest from Bingham Fort and settled on Four Mile Creek, later known as Harrisville. Erastus Bingham's cabin, previously located in the Bingham Fort, is now at the Pioneer Village at Lagoon, in Farmington, Utah. Although the cabin is now gone, remains of an old barn, or perhaps cabin, can be seen near the former site, just before the east gate at DDO on the south side of Second Street. Although there are obvious changes and additions to some of the homes referred to in the Bingham's Fort Historic Area Publication, the original structures, as drawn, remain the same. There is a stone dwelling behind one of the homes, with a story of the remains found of a Jesuit Priest, and the mysterious death on the property, as told in the publication. The diversity of the homes built show how very different and unique each of the settlers were, in and around Bingham's Fort. Without this historical publication, we may never have known that each of these homes could tell a story, with many still remaining. Please remember that these homes are still occupied, and you must not enter private property without permission. By Cheryl Gessler Weber Sentinel, Oct. 27 -Nov. 2, 1998 484