As for the postwar buildings, Ogden is photographing them inside and out to keep their original design on record after they are refurbished for businesses. With no signs of a pioneer heritage at DDO, Pavich said he questions why Marriott-Slaterville would raise a fuss. He is not convinced the debate is just about historic preservation. "Now that the [federal] government is going away, Marriott-Slaterville wants some of that land back," Pavich speculated. The historic-preservation debate is just part of what Marriott-Slaterville officials call an increasingly futile attempt to cooperate with their larger urban neighbor. The city of 1,500 people also wants some say in whether the business park will dump truck traffic onto 400 North in Marriott-Slaterville. City Attorney Murray said the city would settle for a seat on a commission that guides DDO development. "We know we've lost [the land]," Murray said. "They got it fair and square. But just because they got the land, why does that mean they can't involve us?" Murray said his city supports the economic development, but believes it can go side by side with walking and biking trails on historic routes and parks next to historic grounds. "We're so insignificantly small that they just refuse to acknowledge we exist." And from the north, Harrisville Mayor Fred Oates proposes an even more ambitious memorial to the area's pioneer past: A tourist railroad linking downtown Ogden with the Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory. The line would run through DDO and other area historic sites. "That could be a family tradition," Oates said, adding that he would like it to tie into Harrisville's historic cabins and other sites. "All it would take is some cooperation and this would really be a jewel for the West." Ogden officials say they have determined it would cost $32 million to build such a train line, and it is not a viable idea. Private historian Jacalyn Westergard, who researched the area's past for archives at Weber State University, said the site's historic significance for Mormon-Indian relations is ignored. Chief Little Soldier of the Shoshonis lived on the land and signed a contract with then-church President Brigham Young, allowing American Indians to live within nearby Bingham's Fort. Bill Morris, formerly a member of the old Marriott Township's Planning Commission, said his city, Farr West, Harrisville and Weber County may team up for a lawsuit forcing Ogden to give more consideration to the site's history. But Kathleen Mallis, base-transition coordinator for the Defense Department, said the government is not susceptible to a lawsuit because it contracted for a historic-sites study, held public hearings and got the go-ahead from state and federal historic-preservation offices. "The government has met its [legal] requirements," Mallis said. 215