Gritty Ogden Has New Problems

december 12, 2002  08:33 pm
Gritty Ogden Has New Problems
"'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.