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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRPY_donner-hill_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
After 4 1/2 miles of fighting boulders and brush along streambed, Donner Party gave up here, and on August 22, 1846, climbed steep hill to southwest. A survivor wrote, "We doubled teams, almost every yoke in the train (of 23 wagons) being required…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRPX_last-camp-site_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
July 23, 1847This monument was erected July 23, 1933, and marks the last camp site of the first company of Mormon Pioneers, under the leadership of President Brigham Young, before entering the Salt Lake Valley, July 24, 1847.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNEN_unsung-heroes_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
Strategically placed relay stations across the western frontier proved to be a major contributing factor to the early success of the Pony Express mail service. "Station keeps," assigned to these outposts readied swift horses, fresh and rested, for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJ_this-is-the-place-monument_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
This is the Place Monument, dedicated July 24, 1947, commemorates the arrival of the Mormon pioneers into the valley of the Great Salt Lake one hundred years before, and also the role of others—Spanish Catholic fathers, trappers and fur trad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9S_sesquicentennial-mormon-trail-wagontrain_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
(150 Years). Winter Quarters, Nebraska to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake,April 21, 1997 to July 22, 1997.
On a cold rainy morning in April 1997, modern day pioneers left Florence, Nebraska, the old winter quarters, to re-enact the migration …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9H_the-crowds-cheered-on_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
In 1845, it took six months to get a message from the east coast of the United States to California—by the time it arrived, the news was old. In the late 1850s, a half million people had migration west, and they wanted up-to-date news from h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9G_the-national-pony-express-monument_Salt-Lake-City-UT.html
A Moment in Time.Running as fast as the mustang pony could run, Pony Express riders raced across nearly 1900 miles of wilderness carrying the U.S. Mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. With nostrils flaring, lungs gasping …