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Junction City Justice
Tales of history and policing in and around Ogden City, Utah. From the railroad junction population explosion to the modern day. Electric Alley in all its shady glory and the evolution of 25th Street. A deep dive into the history of those who’ve walked Ogden’s streets and has their stories buried in its history. We are dusting off the stories, the events of Ogden’s past and in doing so, shaking the hands of these people who made Ogden the unique city that it is. We do exhaustive research to bring you these stories in the vernacular and parlance of the newspapers and documents written at the time.
We read directly from these articles and documents verbatim, and we do this because it is important to keep an unfiltered view of history. In doing so, we might repeat words or situations that may be offensive to the listener. We ask that you understand that we are trying to bring you the history as it was, good or bad, offensive, or not. It doesn’t represent the opinions of anyone at the Junction City Justice Podcast, it represents the person who wrote at the time it was written. Our view is that history is what it is and we will bring it to you unfiltered. We do not represent any law enforcement agencies, officially or unofficially. Our opinions are ours and history is what it is.
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Junction City Justice
A Tale of Two Allreds
Ogden, Utah - From the 1930's to the 1950's Henry Garcia Allred detected his way through and around Two-Bit Street, putting down a number of high profile burglaries and robberies. Born in Chihuahua Mexico and ultimately migrating back to Ogden. On his off-duty time he sang in musicals, acted in plays, and was in a barbershop quartet. How does a man possess the dichotomy to track down heinous murderers on a Friday and then sing in a play on a Saturday? Well, it turns out, unbeknownst to him, that his great-great-grand nephew is doing the same thing (minus the singing). We profile renowned Detective at the time HG Allred and sit down with his family member in an interview to discuss what being raised in a polygamous colony means in terms of real-world application to policing. On top of that we explore the culture from a polygamist colony in Old Mexico to the streets of Ogden, mixing that kind of upbringing with policing, and there's a couple of laughs along the way.
NOTE: Neither of the Allred's involved in the episode engage or engaged in the polygamous lifestyle, but they were raised with that background with the modern Allred leaving that lifestyle and family to make his own way. Two family members raised under similar circumstances, doing the same job, in the same town, separated by 100 years and I find that fascinating. We hope that you do too.
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