by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
Osborne Russell Meets a Wolverine 1976 Exhibit BrochureIn February, 1841, Osborne Russell, an American trapper out of Fort Hall, lost a mountain sheep which he had shot in the cliffs east of Ogden to a wolverine. 2023 Exhibit GuideThis painting depicts trapper Osborne...
by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
Peter Skene Ogden Trapping Beaver 1976 Exhibit BrochureIn 1825 Peter Skene Ogden and his Hudson Bay Fur Brigade trapped over 80 beaver per day in the Huntsville valley which has been known as Ogden’s Hole or Ogden Valley ever since. 2023 Exhibit GuidePeter Skene Ogden...
by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
Pioneer Logging Operation 1976 Exhibit BrochureBy 1975 David Eccles, an Ogden industrialist, had begun extensive logging operations near Monte Cristo. 2023 Exhibit GuideIn 1872, David Eccles started a logging operation east of Ogden, near Monte Cristo, where he felled...
by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
Prisoners of War 1976 Exhibit BrochureIn 1944 the captured Italian Prisoners of War were incarcerated at the Defense Depot Ogden. They formed work details in crop harvesting and other like industry in Weber County. 2023 Exhibit GuideThousands of World War II prisoners...
by JRobins | Sep 8, 2023 | Bicentennial Art
Trappers Winter Camp 1976 Exhibit BrochureFrom the 1820s until Mormon settlement the Weber River provided favorite winter campsites for the Indians and Mountain Men. This campsite is depicted on the Weber River near the original Goodyear fort site. 2023 Exhibit...
