Lorenzo Snow Burial Site

The man buried here helped build a town and then led a church. Lorenzo Snow, born in Ohio in 1814, joined the Latter-day Saints at twenty-two, crossed the plains at the head of his own wagon company, and was called as an apostle in 1849. He spent years abroad as a missionary, opening the church's work in Italy, Switzerland, Malta, and India. In 1853 Brigham Young sent him to found Brigham City, which he ran for decades. Late in life, in 1898, Snow became the church's fifth president. He was laid to rest in the town he made.

What the plaque says

Lorenzo Snow was born 3 April, 1814, in Mantua, Ohio, a son of Oliver and Rosetta Snow. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in June of 1836 at the age of 22. He crossed the plains, captained his wagon company, and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1848. He was called to be an apostle in 1849 at the age of 34. In the same year he was sent to Europe as a missionary, and he helped establish new missions in Italy, Switzerland and Malta, and directed the opening of a mission in India. He served five missions. In 1853 he was called to preside over the colonization of Brigham City. In 1865 he organized the Brigham City Cooperative Association. He lived in Brigham City from 1873 to 1880, where he helped start a woolen mill, tannery, shoe factory, hat factory, cheese factory, tailor shop, furniture shop, blacksmith and tin shop. He served as president of the Box Elder Stake, counselor to President Brigham Young, and became President of the Council of the Twelve Apostles in 1889. He also served as president of the salt lake temple. He was sustained as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 13 September, 1898, and served in that capacity for three years. He improved the financial status of the Church an started the Church on the road to economic prosperity. President Snow distinguished himself as a prophet, writer, educator, missionary, pioneer, legislator and colonizer. He died 10 October, 1901, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 87. Box Elder Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, Brigham City, Utah May 1984

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wellsville Mountains — 9.5 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Hyrum State Park — 12 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Powder Mountain — 15 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States by acreage — a famously uncrowded "PowMow" now remaking itself under Netflix's Reed Hastings.
• Logan — 18 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley

More markers nearby

• First Ward Meeting House — 0.2 mi
• Brigham City Tabernacle — 0.3 mi
• Bushnell Hospital / Intermountain Indian School — 0.5 mi
• Brigham City Fire Station — 0.6 mi