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.

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
• Brigham City, a Co-op Town — steps away
• Tithing Office — steps away
• Brigham City Co-op Store — steps away