The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-04-05
oeasn-Arsw Town.

ogden-A New Town.
The rage for town-making prevails in
Kansas to greater extent. perhaps, thaE
in any other new country. The cause OF
it may be found in the fact that there are
more good sites on which to make
towns here than elsewhere or it may be
not. Certain it is, there are almost IS
many towns surveyed In different parts
of the State, as there are farms. We
have many s'sweet Aubarns! lOselisss VII.
lags of the plain,' and are likely tohsss
many more. No. not villages. There
isn't such an Insignificant affair in the
whole country as village-they are all
cities.
But after 0eDEs. we are happy to sayr
there is no city to be written. This ua--
assumingness prepossesses us in its favor.-
A personal acquaintance with the gentle-
men who were chiefly interested in its
origin, and familiarity with its location.
its advantages, its neighborhood. &c..
enable US to speak accurately concerning
it.
The town of Ogden is four miles east
of Fort Riley. between Seven Mile and
Three Mile Greeks. on the great Military
road leading to Fl. Leayenworth. and
about mile aud half distant from the
Kansas river. Timber is abuadaht on
three sides, and indications of coal have
been found in the neighborhood. I'M
mense beds of gypsum are but short
distance off. Numerous springs of the
best kind of water bubble up On the site.
The ground slopes gently from the bluffs
down into the broad valley of the river.
and is of an even surface Building
stone, of the best quality, are packed in
the bluffs in inexhaustable quantities; and
the stone in the upper country is not
surpassed anywhere in excellent adapta-
ton to building. The buildings of Fort
Riley-large and handsome, are con-
structed of this material. Those who
have ever been to Pawnee. cannot but
acknowledge that it was the prettiest and
most natural location fer sewH- in the
country; well, Ogden is situated as nearly
like Pawnee as it can be, save that it
is outside of the Military reservation.
The Ogden Association have marked
out liberal course, and if they adhere
to it, the town will soon be the first in
importance, west of Topeka, on the
river. The Trustees of the Association
are, C. R. Mobley, s. B. White and S.
y. Hueston, to whom any inquiry may
be addressed. The post Office is at Fort
Riley, as yet, but application has been
made. and ere long an Office will be es-
tablished in Ogden. Improvements will
De made rapidly this spring, and busi-
ness will be brisk. The town is divided
into ESQ shares of ten lots each. The
lots designed as residences contain q
quarter of an acre Of ground. This is
most an excellent arrangement, and
sensible one, in this country, where towns
have all out-of-doors to build on. ANY
person of industrious habits, who will
make Ogden his home. and improve
lot. receives one gratis from the Associa-
ton.
The first public sale of lots will take
place on the first Monday in May. In
the meantime. property can be purchas-
ed at private sale, from any of the Trus-
tees or Stockholders.
The town is named in honor of Major
OGDEN. than whom more perfect gen.
tleman, or braver officer never lived
He located Fort Riley, and died there
last summer with the cholera.