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History · Ogden

Ogden’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Ogden. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
0recent photos
Kansas - Oberlin through Republican River, 1917 · Wikimedia Commons

The story

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Ogden was founded about 1857. It was named for Major E. A. Ogden of the Army Corps of Engineers, a leader in building Fort Riley nearby. Ogden was incorporated as a city in 1870.

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Timeline

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1910s2 items · Kansas - Oberlin through Republican R…Commons
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ogden’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewKansas - Oberlin through Republic…, 1917: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
By decade

Ogden, decade by decade

1910s2 items
Kansas - Oberlin through Republican RiverCommonsKansas - Oberlin through Republican River1917Kansas - Oberlin through Republican RiverCommonsKansas - Oberlin through Republican River1917
1920s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Ogden is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ogden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is First Territorial Capitol in Smoky Hill, 3.7 miles away.

Ogden and the nearest listed places

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First Territorial CapitolConroe BridgeMain Post Area, Fort RileySamuel D. Houston HouseAlten-Peak HouseKSAC Radio Towers

Closest to Ogden

First Territorial CapitolSmoky Hill · Built 18553.7miConroe BridgeJefferson · Built 19254.6miMain Post Area, Fort RileySmoky Hill · District5.2miSamuel D. Houston HouseManhattan · Building6.9miAlten-Peak HouseManhattan · Building7.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. First Territorial Capitol’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ogden?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ogden’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Kansas - Oberlin through Republican River (1917) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Ogden📜 Wingfield📜 Ashland📜 Grandview Plaza

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