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.

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  Fort Buenaventura Stockade
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  Lake in Front of Fort Buenaventura
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  Fort Buenaventura Stockade, Front View

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 Captain James Brown, a member of the Mormon Battalion.

Current Status

One of the Original Goodyear cabins at Daughters of Utah Pioneer's Museum

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 in Ogden.

Context

Location: Fort Buenaventura County Park, Ogden, Weber County, Utah.
Lat: 41.215° Long: -111.99° Elevation: 4321' Bing, Google, OldMapsOnline, USGS, OHM

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See Also:

• Mormon Fortifications

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
• Wikipedia - Fort Buenaventura

Gallery

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  Tepees outside Fort Buenaventura Stockade
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  Fort Buenaventura Cabin
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  Fort Buenaventura Cabin Interior
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  Inside Fort Buenaventura Cabin
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  Inside Fort Buenaventura Stockade

Related:
2009 Southern Trip - Utah, Brown's Fort, Encyclopedia of Historic Forts, Goodyear's Fort, New or Updated Forts and Camps, Mormon Fortifications,