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According to the sign, we could have stayed on Historic 25th Street rather than at the Hilton on 23rd.  However, this iconic sign was recently restored to the area.  It originally was designed in 1944 and originally graced the Star Noodle Parlour for 60 years.  In 1869, The Golden Spike brought together the first transcontinental railroad, roughly fifty miles to the northwest of Union Station, and created a boom town in Ogden.  25th Street was a bawdy area of brothels and bars.  The dragon sign is important because it symbolizes the Japanese-Americans who owned 40 businesses along 25th Street in the early decades of the 20th century.  Today the dragon is just a neat sign on a busy street with a gathering of all types.

 

Historic 25th Street

Ogden, Utah