Utah - Two Postcards of the 'This is the Place' Monument

"This Is The Place" Monument,

Emigration Canyon

Salt Lake City, Utah

This $300,000 monument commemorates the arrival of "Mormon" pioneers into the Great Salt Lake Valley July 24, 1847.

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"This Is The Place" Monument, Emigration Canyon
Overlooking Salt Lake City, Utah

This monument is erected near the pioneer trail where Brigham Young, after first viewing the Great Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, uttered the historic statement, "This is the place."  The monument commemorates the arrival of the early explorers, trappers and pioneers.

Color by Joseph Muench