Mound Fort, at the top of a hill in Ogden, Utah.

Dean and Allyson Wood, with their son Blaine, went to visit Mound Fort, a birthplace of one of Allyson's Great-Grandfathers on a sunny day in August 2010.

This bronze monument, #343 of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, was erected in 1969, at the site of Mound Fort

Mound Fort as a settlement began in 1848 when the first pioneers arrived in this locality. Others followed and erected a fort on an Indian burial mound. Its steep west slope, cut to a perpendicular face 10 feet high topped with a 3-foot breastwork, served as a lookout. Mud walls were begun on the other side. Cabins were built. A spring furnished water. Meetings and school were held in private homes. As more settlers came, Indian threats subsided and the fort fell into disuse.  (North Weber County).

Photos taken by Blaine Ivin Wood, Aug 2010.