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ogden
in 1845 miles goodyear founded a settlement at fort buenaventura located near the confluence of the weber and ogden rivers . the area was renamed ogden in 1851 by mormon church president brigham young after peter skene ogden a hudsons bay company fur trapper . ogden prospered as an agricultural town and then thrived with the arrival of the railroads when the growing community often referred to as junction city became a major railroad hub . union station became a well known landmark surrounded by rowdy gambling houses and brothels as well as ethnically diverse residential neighborhoods . since 1889 ogden has also been an important center of higher education and it is now home to weber state university . world war ii brought ogden into the modern era as a transportation and military center with the establishment of hill air field defense depot ogden and the naval supply depot .