Fort Buenaventura

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Fort Buenaventura was a 19th-century fur trading post and the first permanent Euro-American settlement in what is now Utah, located near present-day Ogden.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fur trading post ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedWith Mormon pioneer migration ⓘ
Oregon Trail era ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
coordinateLocation 41.21°N 111.99°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse Fort Buenaventura Park ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 1–2 miles from downtown Ogden ⓘ
foundedBy Miles Goodyear ⓘ
foundingDate 1846 ⓘ
hasPart cabins ⓘ
corrals ⓘ
stockade ⓘ
trading post buildings ⓘ
hasReconstruction reconstructed fort buildings ⓘ
heritageDesignation local historic park ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Utah ⓘ
Weber County, Utah ⓘ
locatedNear Ogden, Utah ⓘ
locatedOn Weber River ⓘ
materialUsed log construction ⓘ
meaningOfName good fortune or good adventure ⓘ
namedAfter Buenaventura River (mythical river of the American West) ⓘ
nearbyIndigenousPeoples Shoshone ⓘ
Ute ⓘ
linked to: Ute people
offersActivity camping ⓘ
canoeing ⓘ
historical reenactments ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
originalFunction independent trading post outside control of major fur companies ⓘ
owner Weber County (as park operator) ⓘ
populationType Euro-American settlers ⓘ
purchaseDate 1847 ⓘ
purchasedBy Brigham Young ⓘ
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
purchasePrice $1,950 ⓘ
region Great Basin ⓘ
replacedBy Ogden, Utah ⓘ
significance early fur trade center in the Great Basin ⓘ
first permanent Euro-American settlement in what is now Utah ⓘ
subsequentUse Mormon pioneer settlement site ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
fur trading ⓘ
watershed Weber River basin ⓘ
linked to: Weber River valley

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Ogden, Utah → foundedAs → Fort Buenaventura ⓘ