The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-08-05
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 Plo-
neers OF Years Ago First
Viewed Great salt Lake

uay after that memorable morning of
July "a, l847, when Brigham Young
raised up from his sick bed In prim-
tive priarie 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 d
ritual their leaders prophecy that
"this Is the place"
/ The occasion marked the unwilling
OF shaft raised as IN historical mon
ument upon the very spot where the
pioneers Of AZ 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. II Is made of concrete set upon
nbase of native Utah granite. On the
face Of reproduction OF buffalo
skull are the words: "A Bulletin of
the Plains" Below is the inscription :
"This Is the place.. Brigham Young,
July "a, 1877
The dedication of the monument was
under the auspices of the M. l, A. and
other church organizations. President
Anthony w. WINS presided. The flag
draped monument was officially un.
yelled by Elder Preston Nlbley.
Ardmlnscent account OF the arrival
OF the pioneers ut the mouth Of Emil
grafton canyon was given by w. w.
Ritter, who arrived 10 Salt Lake six
weeks after the party of President
Young. Mr.. Ritter came with his par
ents and was then 0 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 III with noun
tain fever and was lying in a bed pre-
pared for him In the wagon of Wi1ford
Woodruff. When the spot was reached
upon which the monument stands to-
day, President Woodruff turned the
side of the wagon around TO permit
o 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: 1T is enough, this
Is the place, drive on"
Mr.. Ritter declared that when lie fol-
lowed six weeks late and ga2ed 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 were
others of stronger mould than to
whom the valley looked lonely and dis.
NAL"
Elder Brigham II, Roberts. assistant
church historian gave an official &C.
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 to suhstantlate
the accuracy of the route and the 10.
cation Of the spot where the party
stopped.
Elder Roberts told of the planting
of the first potato patch in the valley
q few days after the arrival of the
pioneers, The valley he said, was OK.
plored by party of nine men under
the leadership of orson Pratt on July
~, two days before the arrival of the
main party.
A true and official account of the
banning of Ensign peak was given by
the speaker. He said It did not ac-
uuire it's name through the raising of
the Stars and Stripes, as was generally
believed He declared the peak was
designated as q spot from which an
ensign to humanity would he raised.
Thereuppn, he said, was subsequently
raised the standard of Zion and the
mill cest designated MS Ensign peak.
Several familiar L, DIS, hymns We're
sung by the assembled throng under
the leadership Of Edwin r Etmhall
assistant tabernacle organIst and
grandson of Heller C, Kimball, one OF
the Al pioneers.
The invocation was pronounced by
Colonel Willard Young, a son Of Presi-
dent Brigham Young, The benedie-
tion was offered by Robert Sweeten,