Fort Buenaventura

Fort Buenaventura (1845-1852) - First established in 1845 by Miles Goodyear as a stockaded trading post. Also known as Goodyear's Fort and Brown's Fort. Abandoned in 1852.

Fort Buenaventura Stockade

Lake in Front of Fort Buenaventura

Fort Buenaventura History

Established in 1845 by Miles Goodyear as a stockaded trading post near the Ogden and Weber Rivers. Fort Buenaventura (Good Adventure) was a half acre square stockade with four structures, one at each corner, whose back walls formed the stockade walls. The city of Ogden grew from this settlement.

The Fort was sold in 1847 to Capt. James Brown, a member of the Mormon Battalion.

Current Status

Part of Fort Buenaventura State Park, Ogden, Utah. Stockade reproduced on the original site. One of the original Goodyear cabins was moved and restored to the Daughters of Utah Pioneer's Museum at the Ogden's Tabernacle Square.

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Location: Fort Buenaventura State Park, Ogden, Utah. Maps & Images Lat: 41.214764 Long: -111.990005 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 4321'

Sources:

• Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 784

Links:

• North American Forts - Fort Buenaventura

Visited: 15 Oct 2009

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