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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.
Now, sit back and enjoy!
Junction City Justice
Saint Ballantyne's Day Man-Stopper
D.B. Ballantyne, one of the first members of the local Vice Squad, pick-axe murder investigator, shot at by a popular local baseball player, and the primary officer in the greatest and most involved police chase I have ever heard of. Take a trip back into the 30's, 40's, and 50's of Junction City with David Burton Ballantyne, Sergeant of Detectives who supervised CE Noble and CK Keeter (Episodes 2&3) and later retired as Captain. The steady hand that guided many an Officer through the tumultuous times of our old historical friend Mayor Harman W. Peery, political turmoil, and the rapid expansion of Ogden at this time.
NOTE: This is announced at the end of this episode, but we will be changing the format a little bit moving forward. In endeavoring to bring you the best and most comprehensive content we are moving from dropping new episodes every Thursday, to new episodes as soon as we feel they are complete. We will remain consistent and constant, however we are making this change so that we can ensure you get the full story without editing anything out.
This episode also has a PSA over use of the language mentioned in articles quoted. Bottom line is that after episode 1 I started editing out what would today be considered offensive and racial terms. In retrospect, this was a well-intentioned but wrong decision on my part due to my own discomfort as it takes out certain contents and components that, while offensive, show the tone of the times. I will no longer be doing that and want it noted that any offensive terminology is the vernacular of the source I'm quoting and while I personally disagree, if we do not learn from history we will repeat it.
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