Residents of Bingham Fort - Lynne (Ogden), Utah
The names on the map were compiled by memory in 1919. More than 110 families lived at Bingham's Fort Bingham's Fort from "Pioneers Forts in Ogden, Utah 1848 to 1855 by Elwood I Barker. If you have a family member who was a resident of Bingham's Fort and you have a life sketch on that member, please send us a copy. |
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Additional Fort Residents |
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Robert E. Baird |
Davis Bartholemew |
Charles Aldous |
William B. Hutchens |
Newel Drake |
Robert Aldous |
W.R.R. Stowell |
Nathaniel Leavitt |
Samuel Miles |
Chauncey West |
Walter Fibal |
Francis Romeril |
Henry Gibson (School Board) |
William Norton Marler |
Charles Hubbard ? |
Hanson Hies |
Dudley Chase |
Charles Draney |
William Paine |
Joseph Gidson (Gilson) |
Matilda Olson (Sprague) |
William Stone |
? Gecham Jr. |
David Jenkins |
Henry Eggleston |
Thomas Boybett |
James Lake |
Harriette Heath Marler |
John Clark & W. Lilas Barbour Clark, her sister |
? Beebe, Blacksmith, 3 wives |
Jane Barbour Johnson Barker & her mother Margaret Cauldwell Barbour |
More Names Listed In The Book Beneath Ben Lomonds Peak - Page 191 |
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Additional Fort Residents |
Additional Fort Residents |
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James Martin |
Jacob Thomas |
John Chugg |
Daniel Rawson |
Elisha Thomas |
James Westergard |
Thomas White |
Thomas Burnett |
Hans Westergard |
Robert Fisher |
Seth Painter |
Temple Short |
Frank Randall |
William Rawson |
Neils Peter Lee |
William J. Larkin |
William McEntire |
Peter Stephenson |
Robert Wilson |
harvey Murdock |
Hans Hegstead |
Thomas D. Brown |
Joseph Taylor |
William Andrew Taylor |
Robert E. Baird |
Joseph Allen Taylor |
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Thomas Richardson and Isaac Newton Goodale Thomas Richardson, a pioneer boy who lived in Bingham's Fort, tells how the walls were constructed. "The walls were made of mud. We did not have lumber to put up to hold the mud, so we placed upright poles, tapering them about eight feet at the bottom to about three feet at the top. We set stakes between the poles and wove willows in like a willow fence, then filled the space with mud. We made a ditch nearby to run water down to wet the mud. When wet, we threw it in with shovels, spades or anything we had. We built the willow forms as the wall went up. The wall was about twelve feet high. The fort had an entrance on the west side large enough to drive a team through, with gate constructed of heavy timber which stood as high as the wall. Had it been completed, there would have been a similar gate on the east (According to Goodale's journal it was completed) The journal of Isacc Newton Goodale has the following entrees showing some of his involvement in Bingham's Fort: August 1, 1853: Went over to Ogden City to see about "forting up". We agreed to "fort up". I was chosen one of the committee for locating the fort which we located this day. Tuesday the 2nd went to look up people for the guard. August 18: The orders came to us to "fort up". I being one of the committee was engaged in laying out a fort. August 19: The brethern commenced to move in. I was on the ground all day. August 20: We commenced to haul in grain. The brethren continued to haul in their goods. August 21: Sunday the 21st we was moving in. At 5 o'clock we held a meeting on our business concerning hurding and other matters. I was chosen commander of the fort. August 22: Monday the 22nd I was laying out lots. April 1854: Worked at wall.
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Molassee Mill located on Wall Ave 150 Feet north of 2nd street.School house/N. Ward located at 198 W. 2ndErastus Bingham Cabin located at 317 W. 2ndWilliam Terry writes that there were mercantile houses in the fort.1871 Adobe Mill at Sam Gate's farmDitches next to North and South walls of fort Road to Harrisville or Lynne Lane |