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Show ?6~ 36 Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. -ft JOH>T SMUIN. Established 1882. TIIOS. G. THOMAS. West Side Main St., - - - - Ogden, Utah. DEALERS IN —■AND — 4 GENTS FURNISHINGS. I .***-6«sj **»y&j Boots and Shoes a Specialty. We always have in Stock a complete line of STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, at bottom prices. Free and prompt delivery to any part of the city. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. SIXTHS- <3o THOMAS. H. O. HARKXESS. J. M. LAXGSDOEP. 'ai^ne^ BANKERS, OO-ZDIEItsr, - - UTAH, Transact a General Banking Business. EXCHANGE ON ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. & Special Attention Given to Collections. .& Call on J. Wotherspoon for GENTS' FURNISHINGS. % — 3? Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. 37 which was also attended by general enthusiasm of the people of both Ogden and Salt Lake, representative and leading men of both sister cities were present and took part in the interesting exercises. This road was completed and opened for travel, on January 12th, 1870. Another iron highway, the establishment of which marks a memorable epoch in the history of our city is the Utah & Northern, the first rails of which were laid near Brigham City, in March, 1872, while grading commenced at Ogden in Sept., 1873, and the first train of cars left our city for Franklin, Idaho, on May 22nd, 1874. In giving* the railroad development prominence we passed by a few events of great note and importance in the history of Ogden City, as well as Weber County. The Territorial Legislature of 1868 '69 elected as Probate Judge of Weber County Hon. Franklin D. Richards, who removed to the City of Ogden in 1869, in March, his family followed in May. F. S. Richards was appointed Clerk of the Probate Court, and in the August following he was elected County Recorder. The same year also witnessed the establishment and short career of the Ogden Daily Telegrajjh, of which more hereafter, as well as of the Ogden Junction which came into existence with the beginning of 1870. On Jan. 9th, 1870, Bishop Chauncey Walker West died at San Francisco, aged 43 years. His remains were brought home to Ogden, where a grand funeral was given him on the 16th. His successor in the direction of the Church affairs of the County was Lester J. Herrick, with Walter Thomson and David M. Stuart. Ogden's civil authorities, ecclesiastical dignitaries, and citizens in general were also numerously represented at the driving of the last spike on the Utah Central, in Salt Lake City, Monday, January 10th. tf -as Fit yourself from top to bottom at Marks, Goldsmith & Co's, |
