Ogden in Weber County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Miles Goodyear Cabin

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 21, 2025

1. Miles Goodyear Cabin Marker

Inscription. Miles Morris Goodyear built this cabin on the lower Weber River as a way station and trading post. The cabin, along with other buildings, became Fort Buenaventura meaning good venture. It was the first permanent settlement in the Utah Territory. Miles Goodyear (1817-1849) had traveled as far as Fort Hall in 1836 with Dr. Marcus Whitman's party of Methodist Missionaries. Goodyear was a trapper, prospector and trader. His Indian wife Pomona was the daughter of Ute chief Peet-teet-neet. The couple had two children, William Miles and Mary Eliza.

Mormon Battalion Captain James Brown and Mary Black Brown bought Fort Buenaventura and all of Weber County for $1,950 in gold. Mary Brown made the cabin home for her family and made 1,000 pounds of cheese during the first year.

The Browns sold the cabin to Amos P. and Minerva Leontine Jones Stone. The Stone family lived in the cabin for a time, eventually using it as a blacksmith shop. A daughter, Minerva Pease Stone Shaw, in 1926 presented the cabin to Weber County Daughters of Utah Pioneers for preservation. It has been moved seven times, ultimately being placed at this site. In 1994 it was disassembled for preservation of the logs and reassembled in 1995 at this location to benefit posterity.

Erected 1995 by Daughters of Utah

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Pioneers. (Marker Number 484.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1836.

Location. 41° 13.722′ N, 111° 58.537′ W. Marker is in Ogden, Utah, in Weber County. It is on Lincoln Avenue. Marker located on the DUP Museum grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2104 Lincoln Avenue, Ogden UT 84401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wasatch Front

and in Greater Salt Lake.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Miles Goodyear Cabin (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Miles Goodyear Cabin (here, next to this marker); Lorin Farr (a few steps from this marker); First Stake Relief Society (a few steps from this marker); Relief Society Building (a few steps from this marker); Weber River Millstone (a few steps from this marker); Horse Watering Trough (within shouting distance of this marker); Jane S. Richards (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ogden.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 21, 2025

2. Miles Goodyear Cabin Marker

lower marker

Miles Goodyear Cabin Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 21, 2025

3. Miles Goodyear Cabin Building

Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 131 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 26, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.