Ogden, Utah
 Ogden is a city in Utah and the county seat of Weber County,Ogden, United States. The population was 77,226 at the 2000 census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a convenient location for manufacturing and commerce. It is also known for its many historic buildings, close proximity to the Wasatch Mountains, and as the home of Weber State University.
History
Originally named Fort Buenaventura, the city of Ogden was the first permanent settlement by people of European descent in the region that is now Ogden. It was established by the trapper Miles Goodyear in 1846 about a mile west of where downtown Ogden is currently located.
In November 1847, Fort Buenaventura was purchased by the Mormon settlers for $1,950. The settlement was then called Brownsville, but was later named Ogden for a brigade leader of the Hudson Bay Company, Peter Scene Ogden, who had trapped in the Weber Valley a generation earlier. The site of the original Fort Buenaventura is now a Weber County park.
 Ogden is the closest sizable city to the Golden Spike location at Promontory Summit, Ogden, where the First Transcontinental Railroad was joined in 1869. Ogden was known as a major passenger railroad junction owing to its location along major east-west and north-south routes. Railroad passengers traveling west to San Francisco from the eastern United States typically passed through Ogden (and not through the larger Salt Lake City to the south). Ogden, however, is no longer served by Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, and passengers desiring to travel from Ogden by rail must travel by bus to Salt Lake City.
Prominent mountain peaks near Ogden include Mount Ogden to the east and Ben Lomond to the north.
Summers are hot and dry, with highs frequently reaching 95°F (35°C), with a few days per year reaching 100°F (38°C). Rain is provided in the form of infrequent thunderstorms during summer, usually between mid-July and mid-September during the height of monsoon season. The Pacific storm season usually lasts from about October through May, with precipitation reaching its peak in spring. Snow usually first occurs in late October or early November, with the last occurring sometime in April. Winters are cool and snowy, with highs averaging 37F (3C) in January. Snowfall averages about 42 inches, with approximately 21 inches of precipitation annually.
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