Brigham Young's Last Public Address

Brigham Young spoke here for the last time. On August 19, 1877, in the final summer of a life spent reorganizing his church, he came to Brigham City to establish the Box Elder Stake, preaching in an open-air bowery so crowded that people stood outside its 2,500-seat frame. It was, so far as the record shows, his last public sermon: ten days later he was dead in Salt Lake City. The town he had helped plant and lent his name heard his voice once more before he was gone.

What the plaque says

ERECTED IN HONOR OF BRIGHAM YOUNG IN COMMEMORATION OF THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE HE RENDERED THE INTER- MOUNTAIN WEST AS PATRIOT PIONEER COLONIZER CHURCH LEADER AND STATESMAN ON THIS PLOT OF GROUND AUG 19th 1877 HE DELIVERED HIS LAST PUBLIC ADDRESS WHEN HE ORGANIZED THE BOX-ELDER STAKE ERECTED ON THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BOX ELDER STAKE OF ZION BY THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS BRIGHAM CITY CORPORATION THE ECCLESIASTICAL WARDS CIVIC CLUBS AND PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS IN BOX ELDER STAKE DEDICATED AUG. 19, 1937

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wellsville Mountains — 9.2 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Hyrum State Park — 12 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Powder Mountain — 15 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States by acreage — a famously uncrowded "PowMow" now remaking itself under Netflix's Reed Hastings.
• Logan — 18 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley

More markers nearby

• A Pioneer Home — steps away
• Tithing Office — steps away
• Brigham City Co-op Store — steps away
• Brigham City Fire Station — 0.2 mi