Eyes Westward Statue

The title suggests a lone pioneer squinting at the horizon, but the bronze is two men: Joseph Smith beside Brigham Young on the Mississippi at Nauvoo, Smith explaining the westward move he had foreseen. Dee Jay Bawden sculpted it, and the Sons of Utah Pioneers dedicated this copy, their monument 140, on July 19, 2008; the original stands on the riverbank in Nauvoo. Smith never made the journey — he was killed at Carthage in 1844 — so the scene is a handover. The trek it imagines was led by the man listening.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• This Is The Place Heritage Park — steps away
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 0.8 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Red Butte Garden — 1.1 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views
• Emigration Canyon — 1.9 mi
  The final stretch of trail the Mormon pioneers took into the valley

More markers nearby

• First Company of Pioneers into the Valley — steps away
• This is the Place State Park — steps away
• Bodil Mortensen Statue — steps away
• Angels Are Near Us — steps away