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English
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The Last Word in Stockyard Construction : The Rise and Fall of the Ogden Union Stockyard
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Utah Historical Quarterly
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Winter 2017
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85
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Utah Historical Society
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88-96
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"The Ogden Union Stockyard started out as just a few stock pens near the Weber River and the Ogden rail yard in the 1910s and rapidly grew into a sprawling complex of corrals, specialized barns, auction arenas, and the headquarters of the Ogden Livestock Exchange. By the late 1920s, it had become the largest stockyard operation west of Denver, and several hundred thousand animals made their way through the facility each year. The stockyard site became a demonstration of industrialization and Progressive Era agriculture with the layout of the yard as a reflection of advancing concepts of workflow, the integration of the rail system for the mass transport of livestock, the close coordination with the meat packing industry, and the extensive incorporation of new technologies to facilitate sanitation."