Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-07-29
HISTORIC SPOT IS
VISITED BY MANY
SPOT WHERE BRIGHAM YOUNG
SAID This is THE PLACE"
WITNESSED BY THOUSANDS
Emigration Canyon Near Salt Lake
City Noted as Place Where Pio-
neers Of Years Ago First
Viewed Great salt Lake


Salt Lakes Seventy -four years and a
day after that memorable morning of
July "a, lS47, when Brigham Young
raised up from his sick bed In prlm-
tive priarle schooner at the mouth
of Emigration canyon and gazed upon
the valley Of the Great Salt Lake,
thousands gathered Monday morning
on the same memorable spot and con-
hrmed In conservation. song and a
ritual nheir leaders prophecy that
"this Is the place
The occasion marked the unwilling
OF shaft raised as an historical mon.
ument upon the very spot where the
pioneers Of ~ gaxed 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. II Is made OF concrete set upon
abase OF native Utah granite. On tho
face OF a reproduction OF buffalo
skull are the words "a Bulletin OF
the Plains" Below is the Inscription:
"Thls Is the place. Brigham Young,
July "a, 1871"
The dedication OF the monument was
under the auspices of the NJ. /. A. and
other church organizations. President
Anthony w. WINS presided The flag
draped monument was officially un.
yelled by Elder Preston Nibley.
Ardminscent account of the arrival
OF the pioneers at the mouth Of Emf
grafton canyon was given by w. w.
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 locat don where President
Young uttered the words, This Is the
place"
Mr.. Ritter exhibited tho original
guide, written by william Clayton, In
which 10 designated and described the
spot where President Young stopped.
The speaker said that at the time
President Young was Ill with noun.
tain fever and was lying In n 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 the
side of the wagon around 10 permit
a view to the westward. II 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 at 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
boy That 1t was not tile place.
"And was not alone In that dismal
foreboding," he said. '"rhere were
others OF stronger mould than I to
whom the valley looked lonely and dis.
NAL"
Elder Brigham III. Roberts, assistant
count of tho landing OF the pioneers
In Salt Lake valley. He quoted from
the ledger accounts Of President Young
and others of the party to 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
few days after the arrival of the
pioneers The valley ne said, was eK.
plored by n party Of nine men under
the leadership Of OrsOn Pratt on July
22 two days before the arrival OF the
main party.
A true and official account OF the
naming OF Ensign peak was given by
the speaker. He said II did not ac-
qulre It's name through the raising OF
the Stars and Stripes, as was generally
believed. He declared the peak was
designated as a spot from which an
ensign to humanity would be raised.
Thereupon, he said was subsequently
raised the standard OF Zion and the
hill cest designated as Ensign peak,
Several familiar l.. DIS hymns were
sung by the assembled throng under
the leadership Of Edwin P. Kimball
| assistant tabernacle organlst and
grandson Of Heber c. Kimball one OF
the AZ pioneers.
The Invocation was pronounced by
Colonel willard Young. a son NJ PresI-
dent Brigham Young The benedic.
don was offered by Robert Sweeten.