Kanyon Creek Mill

Brigham Young's Upper Mill stood in the gully west of here, one of the first and largest flour mills he built in the valley's first decade. Begun in 1849 and finished in 1852, it was raised with Feramorz Little; a water wheel on its northeast corner drew power through a race that began a mile east at Parley's Creek. It ground flour, then cotton, then wool. During the 1900 smallpox epidemic it served as a pest house, over neighbors' protests that its creek fed the city's water. One morning it was found burned to ruins.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 3.1 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Emigration Canyon — 3.7 mi
  The final stretch of trail the Mormon pioneers took into the valley
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 3.9 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Red Butte Garden — 4.2 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views

More markers nearby

• Charles Stillman Bridge — steps away
• B and K Tannery — steps away
• Lambs Canyon — steps away
• The Overland Stage — steps away