Camp Tracy

For more than a century, Salt Lake's scouts have had a home in Millcreek Canyon, thanks to two men and their fortunes. In 1918 the mining magnate Alvin V. Taylor gave eleven hundred acres here to the Boy Scouts as a perpetual campsite. Five years later the banker Russell L. Tracy paid for the Wigwam—a big log lodge that could sleep a hundred boys—and the camp eventually took his name. During World War II it did double duty, helping rehabilitate wounded veterans. Generations of scouts have been telling stories around its fires ever since.

What the plaque says

Alvin V. Taylor Because of his love of boys and their love of the great outdoors, this large area was given to the Boy Scouts of the Salt Lake Council by Alvin V. Taylor. May 21, 1918 as a perpetual campsite. Great Salt Lake Council, Boy Scouts of America

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Emigration Canyon — 4.8 mi
  The final stretch of trail the Mormon pioneers took into the valley
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 5.2 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 6.1 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Red Butte Garden — 6.4 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views

More markers nearby

• Suicide Rock & the Reservoir — 2.6 mi
• Mormon Pioneer Trail, Centennial Trekkers — 2.9 mi
• 1997 Sesquicentennial Trekkers — 2.9 mi
• Horace A. Sorensen — 2.9 mi