Ogden

Ogden, capital of Weber county, Utah, is situated, at an elevation of 4340 feet, at the confluence of the Weber and Ogden rivers, where the former passes through the Wahsatch Mountains, 37 miles N. of Salt Lake City. It is of importance as the place where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, as well as three others, join. The city contains a Methodist university (founded 1890), a foundry and several mills, breweries, and manufactories of woollens, brooms, boots and shoes, &c. Pop. (1880) 6069; (1890) 14,889.