The oldest non-Native American structure in Utah, the Miles Goodyear Cabin was built in 1845 by trapper and trader Miles Goodyear on the banks of the Weber River. Goodyear established here the first permanent European-American settlement in the Great Basin, trading with emigrants on the California Trail. When Mormon pioneers arrived two years later, Brigham Young's brother Lorenzo bought out Goodyear's claim, and the settlement grew into what is now Ogden.
The cabin was moved from its original riverside location and is now preserved on the grounds of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Memorial Museum on 21st Street. Small and rough-hewn, it gives a vivid sense of frontier life before the railroad changed everything. The museum alongside it has good collections of pioneer artifacts, quilts, and photographs.