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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 June 10, 2011 Walking tours revisit history By BECKY CAIRNS Standard-Examiner staff bcairns@standard.net OGDEN —The doughboy is not forgotten — and neither are his comrades in arms. A statuary likeness of a doughboy, or American soldier, stands atop a monument in the Ogden City Cemetery, where it gazes over the burial spots of fellow World War I servicemen. Wreaths of flowers are laid at the base of the statue every Memorial Day and Veterans Day to honor those Weber County veterans resting there. _ The monument is one of two war memorials included on the annual Ogden Cemetery Walking History Tour, which takes place Saturday and Monday. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the tour, sponsored by volunteers from the Ogden Regional Family History Center. And since the event always falls in early June, near Memorial Day, organizer Joanne Hanson says it's fitting to include the sites honoring soldiers. Four pioneer settlers' graves are also on the 2011 tour, and some will feature descendants dressed in costume relating the pioneers' life stories. "In war, in peace — they served" reads the inscription on the World War I monument, which was erected by the American Legion and originally located at the organization's Ogden headquarters, says Hanson. It was later moved to the cemetery. Walk a few steps east of this monument and you'll discover a memorial wall dedicated to 71 Weber County soldiers killed during World War II, whose bodies never came home to rest. "In other words, they're the lost ones," Hanson says. She explains, "Their ship went down, their plane went down — we don't know where they're buried." The site was originally a PREVIEW • WHAT: Ogden City Cemetery Walking History Tour • WHEN: 5 p.m. Saturday and Monday. Tours, which last 1 1/2 hours, start every 10 minutes. • WHERE: Ogden City Cemetery, 20th Street and Madison Avenue, Ogden • TICKETS: Free. 801-644- 3234. .. flower bed and was chosen by a group called the Ogden Women's Patriotic Council to honor the missing soldiers from World War II, Hanson says. The marble wall was dedicated on July 3,1949, four years after the war ended. Branches of green As fine as they are, some might say the man-made monuments pale in comparison 225 |