Ogden Military Academy Explained

Ogden Military Academy
Opened:	October 1, 1889 — 1896
Type:	Private military boarding school
Location:	200 North Washington Boulevard Ogden, Utah
Country:	United States

The Ogden Military Academy was a private boarding school and military academy that operated in Ogden, Utah from 1889 to 1896.^[1]

History

The academy was opened on October 1, 1889 with 70 resident students and 50 cadets. The annual fee of $750 covered tuition, room and board. Some of the academic courses at the school were instructed by United States Army officers.^[2]

In 1896, the Utah State Industrial School (later renamed Youth Development Center) took over the site until 1984, when the Ogden–Weber Technical College (formerly known last the Ogden–Weber Applied Technology College) moved its campus to this location.^[3] The collected records of the academy from September 1890 to 1893 were transferred from the archives of Brigham Young University to the Stewart Library at Weber State University.^[4]

Notable cadets

• Frederick C. Loofbourow - U.S. Representative from Utah

See also

• List of defunct United States military academies

External links

• Map of Ogden Military Academy at J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
• Picture of Ogden Military Academy Circa 1896

Notes and References

1. Web site: USGenNet. Pictorial History of Weber County Schools. D. Boyd Crawford. 2010-06-23.
2. Web site: Stewart Library, Weber State University. Private Institution - Ogden Military Academy. Richard Roberts. 2010-06-23. 2008.
3. Web site: Utah History to Go. History Blazer. Juvenile Delinquency Posed Problems For Utahns A Century Ago. Yvette D. Ison. 2010-06-23. June 1995.
4. Web site: Utah State Archives. Appendix: Utah's Statehood Materials - Archives and Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University. 2010-06-23.