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logs, was begun in 1845 and completed by the end of 1846. Four log cabins occupied the corners of the fort, with sheds, corrals, and a garden within the enclosure. Additional corrals outside the walls accommodated cattle, horses, goats, and sheep. Occupied by
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Goodyear, as far as known, the first permanent house built in Utah, stood near the junction of Ogden and Weber Rivers. In 1847 it was sold to Captain James Brown of the Mormon Battalion with a Spanish land grant covering all of Weber County. It was preserved by
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Council of Great Salt Lake City was authorized to force the purchase of Fort Buenaventura. The resulting permanent settlement soon expanded and was initially called Brownsville, after Captain James Brown. The city was later renamed Ogden after another early trapper,
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Adapting to the progressive decline of the fur trade and the increase in emigrant traffic on the overland trails, Goodyear built a way station on a large westward bend of the Weber River. The enclosed fort, constructed with local
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Indians of southern Idaho. He traded in the
Western mountains and visited various gatherings of mountain men and Indians, including the rendezvous of 1841. By 1839 he had married Pomona, daughter of the
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Retaining his remaining horse herd, Goodyear and his family moved to
California and engaged in horse-trading and gold mining. He acquired land at Benicia and made a gold discovery on the
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Goodyear within Fort Buenaventura has been preserved and designated as the "Miles Goodyear Cabin Monument". The structure was moved to a permanent location near the
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For the next decade, Goodyear worked as an independent or "free" trapper, being unaffiliated with any of the major
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and other Mormon leaders to settle on lands near the Weber River. His efforts were initially unsuccessful, but in
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