Gritty Ogden Has New Problems
By AAN Staff
december 12, 2002 08:33 pm
"'What's Ogden?' I said.
'It's the place where most of the boys
pass thru and always meet there; you're
liable to see anybody there.'"
That's how Jack Kerouac described it 50
years ago in "On the Road," and he'd
probably still feel at home today.
But now, trendy 25th Street boutiques
compete with downtown's empty
storefronts and half torn down strip malls.
And Kerouac's grimy railroad town
has a new scourge. Kristy Davis
writes about methamphetamine, money
and mercy in Utah's second city.