B and K Tannery

The Big Kanyon Tannery was one of Brigham Young's industrial ventures, established near this site in 1852 with Feramorz Little and John Winder. It tanned leather using oak bark and coal oil — the oil hauled from Tar Springs near Yellow Creek, at the site of present Evanston, Wyoming — and the coal-oil process gave the leather a softness that took three of five first prizes at the 1862 territorial fair. A small settlement grew up around it, with a school for the workers' children. The railroad ended it, bringing in leather cheaper than the tannery could make.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 3.1 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Emigration Canyon — 3.7 mi
  The final stretch of trail the Mormon pioneers took into the valley
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 3.9 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Red Butte Garden — 4.2 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views

More markers nearby

• Charles Stillman Bridge — steps away
• Kanyon Creek Mill — steps away
• Lambs Canyon — steps away
• The Overland Stage — steps away