June 13, 2002 KEITH JOHNSON/Standard-Examiner Members of Sagebrush Consultants archaeology team (left to right) Shane Rumsey, Andrea Field, Ben Wood and Heather Weymouth unearth pieces of glass and ceramics allegedly from Bingham's Fort at the construction site on Second Street near the entrance to the old Defense Depot Ogden Tuesday. Road construction unearths old fort Archaeologists examine historic remnants By CHARLES F. TRENTELMAN Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN - Widening of Second Street between Wall Avenue and Ogden Business Depot turned up more remnants of the old Bingham's Fort, a pioneer stockade that stood in the area the road now cuts through. Dave Montgomery, who lives in the 300 West block of Second Street, was watching the excavators work outside his front door Monday, when he noticed them turn over some larger than nor-mal squared off stones and got down to take a look. "They turned over a bunch of stuff, and I saw this rock sticking out, so I started digging." He turned up bits of pottery and rusted metal and contacted other historians, including an archaeologist on contract with the state, who has the power to stop construction if something historical is found. Don Southworth, who works for Sagebrush Consultants, was called in for a similar find on almost the same spot in 1999. That time, in a location on the north half of the street, workers installing a waterline uncovered part of the foundation of the old fort wall. This time, Southworth said, they seem to have found an old building, perhaps a barn or stable. It's hard to tell for sure. Brigham Young told Weber Mormons to "fort up" after an 1850 incident in which an Indian leader and a pioneer were both killed near Four Mile Creek in Harrisville. It was then that Erastus Bingham, the first LDS bishop of the north Ogden area, laid out a fort that 123