In Honor of Brigham Young and the Pioneers - Utah Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The marker is quite simple:
In Honor Of
Brigham Young
and
The Pioneers
On the reverse is a plaque that names the entire complement of the original party:

The names of the PIONEERS who arrived in this valley, July 24, 1847.
*Signifies those now living. The unmarked ones are all deceased.
The names of 143 men (including 3 colored servants), 3 women, and 2 children.
27 of those listed are marked as still amoung the living at time of dedication, 50 years to the day from the initial arrival in the valley.
The entire company and outfit consisted of 143 men, 3 women, 2 children
70 wagons, 1 boat, 1 cannon, 93 horses, 52 mules, 66 oxen, 19 cows.
This monument erected by public subscription. Was unveiled July 24, 1897.
The monument is topped by Brigham Young himself, flanked at a lower level by a frontiersman and a native American. These figures represent those who preced the Pioneers in the valley and gave the immigrants invaluable aid in settling the valley. The monument is faced with a plaque showing a Mormon family going about routine duties during the trek west.

Marker Name: In Honor of Brigham Young and the Pioneers Marker Type: City Addtional Information: Before Main Street was closed to traffic north of South Temple Street and the street converted to a Plaza, the monument stood in the center of the intersection. This intersection is the base reference point for the address numbering system for the entire valley. County: Salt Lake City: Salt Lake City Group Responsible for Placement: Public Subscription Date Dedicated: July 24, 1897 Marker Number: None Web link(s) for additional information: http://lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1783-1-1-1,00.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young_Monument

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