Memories at Mountain Dell

Mountain Dell is the little valley the trail dropped into after Big Mountain — a green pocket at 5,300 feet where potatoes grew four pounds heavy and travelers could finally rest. Parley P. Pratt ran his Golden Pass toll road through here in 1850; by 1858 Ephraim Hanks and Augustus Hardy had put up a trading-post hotel where a meal ran a dollar or more and sugar was luxury-priced. A small Mormon settlement followed, then faded. Today the whole dell lies beneath Little Dell Reservoir, which took its name and its water both.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Emigration Canyon — 4.9 mi
  The final stretch of trail the Mormon pioneers took into the valley
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 6.8 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 7.1 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Red Butte Garden — 7.2 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views

More markers nearby

• Ephraim Hank's Pony Express Station — 0.2 mi
• Little Mountain Summit — 1.5 mi
• Camp Grant — 1.6 mi
• Camp Grant Monument — 1.6 mi