The city of Ogden is one of Utah's most historic places, with 25th Street at the heart of the boom town’s past. Known as 'Two-bit Street,' it was known as one of the most dangerous streets in America during its heyday in the 1920s and 30s SpencerJosephTV
Known as"Two-bit Street," it was also known as one of the most dangerous streets in America during its heyday in the 1920s and 30s.
“Ogden was always very open about its vices that were available," said Sarah Langsdon, speaking with FOX 13 News while surrounded by books and documents on the topic. Through its time, it was dubbed"Two-bit Street" and had many other not-so-nice nicknames stemming from its ability to bring in whatever vice one desired.
“Prohibition was just a blip on the map for Ogden. There are lots of articles and stories about moonshine stills and doing raids," Langsdon said, adding with a chuckle: “I always joke with people that I think it was easier to get liquor on 25th Street during Prohibition than it is currently.”The street itself was at the center of that fame.
But despite every book, journal, letter and manuscript she has ever read, Langsdon said she has unfortunately found “no proof, no evidence that Al Capone ever came here.” But no big secret tunnel or major mob connection makes sense, because Ogden never tried to hide its illegal activity. The former site of a brothel and “soda parlor” where whiskey literally flowed like water is now restored into several shops, a hotel/Airbnb, and two bars named Alleged and Unspoken.
It wasn’t limited to the 1920s, though. After prohibition was repealed by the 21st amendment in 1933, the soda parlors turned back to bars where the brothels stayed in place and even became more popular.The railroad brought troops from nearby Hill Air Force Base and from the rest of the country to rest before heading out again.
His store is on the first block of the fabled street, and because of its prime location, it has had a front-row seat to history. “As it got older, it deteriorated and deteriorated, you started to get a lot of stranger people coming in,"Van Leeuwen said."We had a lot of ladies of the evening coming in.”The railroad, which had brought so much life to the town, stopped coming. And with it, the spirit left as well.
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