For Window and Picture Glass call on L, D, Wilson & Co, ?€ -a 30 Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. Spanish grant. The Goodyear claim covered a tract of land commencing at the north of Weber Canyon and following the base of the mountains north to the Hot Springs, thence west to the Salt Lake, thence south along the shore to the point opposite Weber Canyon, thence east to the beginning. For all this land, then uncultivated and barren but containing the germs of inexhaustible fertility, the sum of $3,000 was paid. This purchase, it must be borne in mind, was effected under the provisions of the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, not fully a year after the Mormon pioneers had first put their weary feet on the virgin soil of the shores of the American Dead Sea. The first organization of Ogden City, whither settlers soon came flocking to found new homes, was of an ecclesiastical nature, (Jan. 1851) the branch now named Ogden being divided into two wards, Isaac Clark being appointed Bishop and Jas. G. Browning and James Brown Counselors of the first ward; Erastus Bingham, Sr., Bishop, and Charles Hubbard and Stephen Parry Counselors of the second ward. This ecclesiastical arrangement was shortly after supplemented by an act of the Territorial Legislature (Feb. 6th, 1851,) incorporating Ogden City. The first municipal election was held on Oc. 23rd, 1852, resulting in the election of the following officers: Lorin Farr, Mayor; (a position held by that gentleman until 1879, with the exception of only three terms occupied by Lester J. Her- rick) Chas. R. Dana, Erastus Bingham, Francello Durfee, and Jas. G. Browning, Aldermen; Levi Murdock, Samuel Stickney, John Shaw, B. W. Nolan, D. B. Dillie, Ithamer Sprague, Daniel Burch, Jonathan Browning, Jas. Lake, Jas. Brown, Joseph Grover, and F. Dempsey, Councilors. The municipal organization aided these early settlers considerable in promoting individual good by uniting in &e. Leading Dry Goods House of Ogden, Jas. Wotherspoon. -94 l For Gardeners'and Mechanics' Tools call on L. D, Wilson & Co, jij Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. 31 76 the accomplishment of public improvements. Of the latter one was a Spanish wall erected all around the city at an expense ot $40,000, for protection against probable attacks* by the aborigines. Of such, however, we have fortunately seen no record, as the white citizens found it cheaper to feed than to fight their dusky neighbors. Irrigation, the great secret of the marvelous success of Utah agriculture, was recognized as an indespensable fac- | tor for the subjugation of the refractory ground at an early date. In 1852, a canal for irrigating the lower part of the city was taken out of Weber River, it is about 7 miles in length. This was followed, five years later, by the making of a canal on the "Bench"—the upper part of the town. This arduous work in which the citizens gener- erally participated with much sacrifice and privation, cost $50,000—a large outlay tor so young a community in such comparative isolation from resources. The same year, the then existing public buildings having become inadequate for the increasing numbers of religious worshipers, the Tabernacle was built, on the west side of Main Street, between First and Second. A work of great public enterprise both for the city and a considerable portion of the Territory was the building of the Ogden Canyon road, 1859, which was accomplished at an immense labor and expense, even with some loss of life and permanent physical injuries to others. With all their arduous labors for internal improvements, however, the people did not neglect the preparations for external defense. On the 10th of March, 1858, the first brigade of the Weber County Militia was organized, with two regiments. The following constituted the general staff: C. W. West, Brigadier General; Daniel Gamble, Brigadier Adjutant; Col. W. Thompson, Quar- J£_ 94 Go tp Wolherspoon's for your Choice Family Groceries.