Emigration Canyon Monument - Mormon Pioneers

This is the canyon that ended the trek. In late July 1847, the first Latter-day Saint companies threaded down Emigration Canyon's narrow bends and out into the Salt Lake Valley, the last hard miles of a journey that had run more than a thousand. The Sons of Utah Pioneers placed this monument in 2012 to mark the route. It's paired with a companion monument acknowledging the Native people who were already here — a two-part telling that lets the canyon hold both the arrival and the displacement that arrival set in motion.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 0.2 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 1.1 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Red Butte Garden — 1.4 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views
• Emigration Canyon — 1.7 mi
  The final stretch of trail the Mormon pioneers took into the valley

More markers nearby

• Emigration Canyon Monument - Natvie People — steps away
• Emigration Canyon Railroad — steps away
• This is the Place Restored Monument — 0.3 mi
• Mary Fielding Smith House — 0.3 mi