Mt. Ogden Drive-In
Ogden, Utah1948-1961
Order Mt. Ogden Drive-In tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. It opened on July 22, 1948, with Anchors Aweigh, and took its name from the peak on the skyline east of town. The sign was one tall column with MT. at the top and OGDEN stacked below, its edge running down in a long saw-toothed line over the words DRIVE IN. Pick your style below, and the full Mt. Ogden history follows further down. Every shirt is printed to order in the USA and carries the memories of bygone places and teams.
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Mt. Ogden Drive-In History
The Mt. Ogden Drive-In in Ogden, Utah, opened on July 22, 1948, with Anchors Aweigh, at 37th Street and Wall Avenue. It was the area's third drive-in, after the Riverdale and the Weber Motor-Vu. M. R. and D. W. Stephens owned it, the name came from the peak on the skyline east of town, and sources put the lot at 300 to 500 cars.
The grand opening ad promised it was just naturaly cool, with that spelling. The sign, seen in an early photo with a mountain behind it, was one tall column with MT. at the top and OGDEN stacked below, whose edge bent and ran down to the right in a long saw-toothed line over the words DRIVE IN.
The screen went dark after the 1961 season. In March 1962 the Ogden Standard-Examiner reported that it would come down for a major commercial development, and that the Stephens family planned to start again at another location under the name North Star. A North Star opened north of the city that July. A local historian who wrote about Ogden's theaters recalls a further reason for moving: Sears was building on the land across the road, and its parking lot lights washed out the picture.
A K-Mart went up on the site, later a Costco, by one account, with the Newgate Mall across Wall Avenue.