New Book Celebrates the History of South Ogden

Jan. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- New from Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is South Ogden by local author Russell L. Porter. This pictorial history boasts a stunning collection of vintage images and provides readers with a unique opportunity to reconnect with the history that shaped their community.

The area now known as South Ogden, Utah, was previously called Burch Creek. The first settlers were primarily immigrants, originally from the eastern United States or Europe, who came to settle Utah with the Mormon migration. These first residents included the Burchs from Kentucky, the Stephens from North Carolina, the Garners from Germany, and the Beus and Combes from Italy.

On July 6, 1936, the 800 residents voted to incorporate the area into a city. The city now has more than 16,000 residents, and areas that once were farms, dirt roads, open fields, cattails, and springs are now homes, businesses, schools, parks, and churches. South Ogden has earned its reputation as a great place to grow up, a fine place to raise a family, and a safe and peaceful place to live out retirement years.

Highlights of South Ogden include:
•   Images representing all of the last eight decades.
•   The evolution of neighborhoods within the city.
•   Business, education, political, religious and recreational aspects of South Ogden.
•   Later chapters include more recent South Ogden events – traditions in the making.
•   The majority of the images are from scrapbooks kept at the city offices.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.

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