Mound Fort in Ogden was never completed, as most of the Indians were peaceful and actually camped at the west escarpment of the fort

Copied from a now-defunct genealogy website for the Shaw family.

Ambrose and Pamela Shaw are listed with the first settlers in Farr’s Fort which was built west of Farr’s grist and saw mill in 1850. The fort was abandoned about 1853.

By this time the Shaw’s had bought a piece of land about a mile west where they were living when it became necessary to construct a fort for themselves and their neighbors.

They located the new for on a small hill which became known as Mound Fort. The fort was never completed and was never used for protection as most of the Indians were very peaceful and actually pitched their tents at the foot of the west escarpment which formed the west wall of the fort.

Documenting the Weber Utes

Mound Fort in Ogden was never completed, as most of the Indians were peaceful and actually camped at the west escarpment of the fort

A collection of documents, excerpts, and photographs relevant to the so-called Weber Ute people of Northern Utah. Not a complete history — research aid only.