Lambs Canyon

The canyon takes its name from Abel Lamb, a cooper who built the first road up it in 1850 to haul out timber for the barrels, tubs, and churns the valley needed. Lamb advertised his lumber in the Deseret News and later sold his sawmill to James Bullock; through the 1860s Phippan Bassett ran a steam mill here for Brigham Young's family. At the canyon mouth stood a toll gate, twenty-five cents a team, the money going to road repair. The Lambs built a home here and, when food ran short, lived on sego roots and pigweed.

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
• Kanyon Creek Mill — steps away
• The Overland Stage — steps away