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Fort Buenaventura, located in west Ogden, Utah, United States, was the first permanent Anglo settlement in the Great Basin. Built just east of the Weber River in 1846 by Miles Goodyear , the fort and its surrounding lands were purchased by Mormon settlers in 1847 and renamed Brownsville (then later Ogden).
Miles Morris Goodyear (February 24, 1817 – November 12, 1849) was an American fur trader and mountain man who built and occupied Fort Buenaventura in what is now the city of Ogden, Utah. [1] The fort was located approximately two miles south of the confluence of the Weber and Ogden rivers and about one-quarter mile west of the end of Ogden's ...
Ogden in 1874. Originally named Fort Buenaventura, Ogden was the first permanent settlement by people of European descent in what is now Utah.It was established by the trapper Miles Goodyear [11] in 1846 about a mile west of where downtown Ogden sits today.
The cabin was built in 1845 by Miles Goodyear at a location he called Fort Buenaventura.The fort also included a stockade, garden, and fruit trees. In 1847 the fort was sold to Mormon settlers, along with livestock and the surrounding area for $1,950 (equivalent to about $65,806 in 2024). [3]
Upon arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, Belnap was sent to settle in Fort Buenaventura built by Miles Goodyear in Weber County, Utah. In 1852 he was sealed to his first wife's first cousin, Henrietta McBride, in plural marriage. He eventually had 17 children, 15 of whom survived to adulthood, and 160 grandchildren.
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