Site of Ogden Was Once Great Body of WaterMany, many years ago the site of the city of Ogden was covered to a depth of 850 feet by the great water of Lake Bonneville. As the lake receded 10, 000 to 25, 000 years ago, it shrank into the briny blue remnant which glitters under the sun as the Great Salt Lake.Ogden City was laid out in 1850 and legally incorporated in 1861. Lorin Farr, its first mayor, was elected in 1851. The first real settlers were the Mormons who reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.Other prominent early settlers were Jim Bridger, 1824; Peter Skene Ogden, from whom Ogden gets its name, 1826; Captain Bonneville, 1833; Miles Goodyear, 1841; Capt. John C. Fremont, 1843.On May 10, 1869, the Union Pacific Railway building from the East and the Central Pacific Railway from the West, met just north of Ogden, at Promontory Point. To commemorate this historic event the last spike driven connecting the old colonies of the East with the pioneers of the West was solid gold. Each year Golden Spike Day is celebrated on the above date.Today the railroads are one ofOgdens largest sources of revenue with over 3, 500 employes.The city has a population of about 60, 000. The altitude is 4, 310 feet and the climate, with four distinct seasons, is rated as being among the most healthful on earth. Average rainfall is 17. 2 inches; average maximum temperature, 64 degrees, and average grees.minimum temperature, 39 Ogden is a city of diversified industry with a total labor force of 49, 300 persons. Large stockyards, milling plants and canning factories make the area the industrial center of the Intermountain West.There are four military installations situated in and near Ogden which employ about 17, 260 of the total labor force.The community boasts five movie theaters and four drivein theaters. Recreation also includes city and county fishing, hunting, bathing, skiing, boating, picnicking and camping in season.There are two hospitals, a library and one branch library, churches of 22 denominations, numerous civic clubs and business organizations, and good hotels, with the largest having 350 rooms.There is one local newspaper, published daily including Sunday, and three radio stations. The area receives television programs transmitted from two Salt Lake stations.