Name/Title
Big Mountain Historical Marker, Utah, Photo, 1959Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.524Description
Big Mountain Historical Marker, Utah, Photo, 1959. Two photos of Big Mountain historic marker and one view of the canyon down from Big Mountain which was the Pony Express Trail and Mormon/California Trail. b/w
95.1P.524A & B = Snapshot of bronze plaque that marks the place Brigham Young got his first view of the Salt Lake valley. 4¼" x 5¼"
Inscribed: "Big Mountain. From this point Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers caught their first glimpse of the valley of the Great Salt Lake, July 23, 1847. Orson Pratt, leading the vanguard of the pioneers had reached here July 19 and put up a guide board reading '80 miles to Fort Bridger'. The ill fated Donner party, first wagon train to use this route, crossed this divide about August 23, 1846. Between that date and 1861 this trail was the route of many of the California gold seekers, the Overland stage, the Mormon ox team and handcart emigrants and the Pony Express."...erected 1953"
95.1P.524C = View down the canyon with switchback road, Legend: "View down Canyon from Big Mountain. Unlike present highway shown, the pioneer wagon and Pony Express trail from foreground kept to the bottom of the canyon. In these canyons, as in many other pioneer overland road inclines, rough-locking of wagon wheels was often necessary. When our photo was taken, haze obscured the valley below as Mormon pioneers were able to see it . 5/59
old digital file name: UTImmigrationValleyStation, UTSaltLakeCity7
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Pony expressSearch Terms
Trails, California Trail, Mormon Trail, Big MountainDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 7" x 9¼"Provenance
Notes
Photo taken by SJM staff photographer
