First Company of Pioneers into the Valley

The first company down Emigration Canyon in July 1847 was an advance party of 148, three women and two children among them, sent to learn whether the Salt Lake Valley could be lived in. The Twin Peaks Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers cast this bronze in 1987, and its three columns run longer: 177 names. They also carry Robert Crow's company of Mississippi Saints, seventeen people who had wintered at Pueblo and fell in with the camp at Fort Laramie on June 4 — which is why ten Crows and four Therlkills stand among the vanguard.

What the plaque says

Erected and dedicated to the first company of pioneers to enter the Valley of the Great Salt Lake in July 1847. Twin Peaks Chapter—Sons of Utah Pioneers July 24, 1987 Barnabas L. Adams Rufus Allen Truman O. Angell Millen Atwood Rodney Badger Lewis Barney Charles D. Barnum Ezra T. Benson George Billings Thomas Bingham Francis Boggs George Brown John Brown Nathaniel T. Brown John Buchanan Thomas Bullock Charles Burk Jacob Burnham Robert E. Byard Albert Carrington William Carter James Case William W. Casto Solomon Chamberlain Alexander P. Chesley James Chesney George S. Clark William Clayton Thomas Cloward Zebedee Coltrin Allen Compton James Craig Oscar Crosby Benjamin B. Crow Elizabeth Crow Elizabeth Jane Crow Harriet Crow Ira Minda Crow Isa Vinda Crow John McHenry Crow Robert Crow Walter H. Crow William Parker Crow Lyman Curtis Hosea Cushing James Davenport Isaac Perry Decker Benjamin F. Dewey John Dixon Sterling Driggs Francillo Durfee William Dykes Sylvester H. Earl Ozro Eastman Howard Egan Joseph Egbert John S. Eldridge Edmund Ellsworth William A. Empey Horace Datus Ensign Addison Everett Nathaniel Fairbanks Aaron Farr Perry Fitzgerald Green Flake John S. Fowler Samuel Fox John Freeman Horace Monroe Frink Burr Frost Andrew Gibbons John Gleason Eric Glines Stephen H. Goddard Samuel J. Gould David Grant George R. Grant John Y. Greene Thomas Grover Joseph Hancock Sidney Alvarus Hanks Hans C. Hansen Appleton M. Harmon Charles A. Harper William Henrie John S. Higbee John Holman Simeon Howd Mathew Ivory Levi Jackman Norton Jacob Artemas Johnson Luke S. Johnson Philo Johnson Stephen Kelsey Levi N. Kendall Ellen Sanders Kimball Heber C. Kimball William A. King Conrad Kleinman Hark Lay Tarleton Lewis Archibald Little Jesse C. Little Franklin G. Losee Chauncey Loveland Amasa Lyman Samuel H. Marble Stephen Markham Joseph Matthews George Mills Carlos Murray Lewis B. Myers Elijah Newman John Wesley Norton James Oakley Seeley Owen John Pack Eli Harvey Pierce Francis M. Pomeroy David Powell Orson Pratt Tunis Rappleye Return Jackson Redden Willard Richards Benjamin Roberts Orrin Porter Rockwell Albert P. Rockwood Benjamin Rolfe Joseph Rooker Shadrach Roundy Joseph Smith Schofield George Scholes Henry G. Sherwood Andrew Shumway Charles Shumway Andrew J. Shupe George A. Smith William C. A. Smoot Erastus Snow Roswell Stevens Benjamin E. Stewart James W. Stewart Bryant Stringham Gilbard Summe Seth Taft Thomas Tanner Norman Taylor Joel J. Terrell George W. Therlkill James W. Therlkill Matilda Jane Therlkill Milton Howard Therlkill Robert T. Thomas Horace Thornton Marcus B. Thorpe John H. Tippets William Vance Henson Walker George Wardle Jacob Weiler John Wheeler Edson Whipple Horace K. Whitney Orson K. Whitney Almon M. Williams Thomas S. Williams Wilford Woodruff George Woodward Thomas Woolsey William Wordsworth Brigham Young Clarissa Decker Young Harriet Page Young Lorenzo Dow Young Lorenzo S. Young Phineas H. Young

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 — 2.0 mi
  The final stretch of trail the Mormon pioneers took into the valley

More markers nearby

• This is the Place State Park — steps away
• Eyes Westward Statue — steps away
• Bodil Mortensen Statue — steps away
• Angels Are Near Us — steps away