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Ogden Utah is 40 miles north of Salt Lake City and the population is 87,325, with a market size of 597,159. It's a railroad community with lots of freight rail activity, which attracts varied factories. There are a lot of historic structures in Ogden, as well as the campus of Weber State University.

Ogden was called Ft Buenaventura in 1846 and was the first European long-term settlement in Utah. Then Captain James Brown renamed it Brownsville, and it became Ogden in honor of Peter Skene Ogden, a trapper in the area.

Ogden is close to Promontory Summit, site of the Golden Spike connecting the transcontinental railroad, and was an essential passenger railway connecting point. It was so important that it was stated you couldn't go anywhere without going through Ogden. Unfortunately, Amtrak doesn't serve Ogden currently. The "Business Depot Ogden" was a yard for army logistics from 1941 to 1997 and is currently an industrial park.

Headwaters for the Ogden and Weber Rivers are in the mountains to the east and flow through Ogden and join west of the city. The Pineview Dam has actually produced a 110,000-acre lake on the Ogden River east town. Mount Ogden is east of the town limits.

City planning is around a grid and city blocks are not overly dense. The cross streets that proceed from Union Station honor U.S. presidents with names like Washington Boulevard, Adams and Lincoln Avenues, along with Jefferson, Madison, and Grant Avenues. Neighborhoods include West Ogden, east-central, downtown, Shadow Valley, and East Bench.

There are lots of rails to trails conversions right into the foothills of the Wasatch. People use the trails for hiking, mountain biking, running, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing. Cliffs made of quartzite provide rock climbing, and skiing is offered at Powder Mountain, Snowbasin, and Wolf Mountain. Snowbasin and North Fork Park provide exceptional cross-country skiing, and the Ogden and Weber Rivers are utilized for kayaking and water sporting activities.

The Ogden Raptors are the city's minor league baseball team, and the Women's Flat Track Derby Association team is the Junction City Roller Dolls. The Ogden City SC of the USL League 2 are the minor league soccer team, and the Ogden Mustangs of the United States Premier Hockey League offer junior hockey. Weber State University's basketball team is nationally known.

Annual events include the Foursite Film Festival, and the Ogden Arts, Harvest Moon, and Ogden Winterfest festivals. Ogden likewise hosts an annual Marathon.