The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-07-29
HISTORIC SPOT IS
VISITED BY MANY
SPOT WHERE BRIGHAM YOUNG
SAID THIS rs THE PLACE"
WITNESSED BY THOUSANDS
Emigration Canyon Near Salt Lake
CITY Noted as Place Where Pie.
neers Of Years Ago First
Viewed Great Salt Lake

Salt Lake-Seyenty-four years and a.
lay after that memorable morning OF
July "A, 1Si7. when Brigham Young
aised up from his sick bed in u prim-
tive priarie schooner at the mouth
II Emigration canyon and gazed upon
he valley of the Great Salt Lake.
thousands gathered Monday morning
IN the same memorable spot and con-
1ned In conservation. song and a
1tual their leaders prophecy that
this Is the place"
The occasion marked the unwilling
II shaft raised as an historical mon-
lment upon the very spot where the
pioneers of Al gazed for the first
time upon the valley of their destina-
ton. The shaft is set amid the tumble
weed and sage brush Of the historic
crest. 1t is made of concrete set upon
abase OF native Utah granite. On the
lace OF reproduction of buffalo
skull are the words: "A Bulletin OF
tue Plains" Below is the inscription:
This Is the placeS-Brigham Young,
July "a, 1871"
The dedication Of the monument was
under the auspices of the Nj. 1. A. and
other church organizations. President
Anthony w. WINS presided. The flag
draped monument Sas officially I'M
yelled by Elder Preston Nibley.
Ardnlnscent account of the arrival
OF the pioneers at the mouth of Emf
grafton canyon was given by w. v.
Ritter. who arrived In Salt Lake SIX
weeks after the party Of President
Young. Mr.. Ritter came with his par
ents and was then years old. He de-
| clared there was no doubt but what
the spot selected for the monument
was the exact location where President
Young uttered the words, This is the
place."
Mr.. Ritter exhibited the original
guide, written by William Clayton. In
which Is designated and described the
spot where President Young stopped.
The speaker said that at the time
President Young was i'll with noun
tain fever and was lying in bed pre-
| pared for him in the wagon of MILFORD
woodruff. When the spot was reached
| upon which the monument stands to-
day, President Woodruff turned tie
SIDE of the wagon around to perm;
view to the westward 1t was then,
| according to Mr.. Ritter, that the pioneer
leader lifted the flap of the wagon
covering and after an extended survey
OF the valley said: ut Is enough, this
Is the place, drive on
Mr.. Ritter declared that when he fol-
lowed six weeks late and gazed upon
the valley from the same spot, the
sight to his youthful eyes was sicken-
ing. He said he was convinced as a
boy That it was not the place.
"And was not alone in that dismal
foreboding" he said There werc
| others Of stronger mould than I to
whom the valley looked lonely and dis.
| NAL"
Elder Brigham H. Roberts, assistant
church historian gave an official ac-
| count of the landing Of the pioneers
in Salt Lake valley. He quoted from
the ledger accounts of President Young
and others Of the party 10 substantiate
| the accuracy of the route and the To-
cation Of the spot where the party
stopped.
| Elder Roberts told of the planting
Of the first potato patch in the valley
a few days after the arrival Of the
pioneers. The valley he said, was ex-
plored by a party of nine men under
he leadership Of Orson Pratt on July
p, two days before the arrival Of the
main party.
A true and official account Of the
naming Of Ensign peak was given by
he speaker. He said 1t did not ac-
1usre its name through the raising oe
he Stars and Stripes, as was generally
believed. He declared the peak was
designated as spot from which an
,nsign to humanity would be raised.
rhereupon, he said, was subsequently,
aised the standard of Zion and the
,ill cest designated as Ensign peak.
Several familiar L. DIS hymns were
ung by the assembled throng under
he leadership of Edwin P. Kimbal'
ssistant tabernacle organist aYh
randson Of Heber c. Kimball, one ct
| he AT pioneers.
The invocation was pronounced bv
Solonel Willard Young, a son of Presi-
'ent Brigham Young The henedc-
don was offered by Robert Sweeten.
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