Our Sweet Three Year Old Daughter

No one recorded her name, only her age. A three-year-old girl was the first person laid to rest in Holladay Memorial Park, the valley's second cemetery, opened in 1848 under Brigham Young's direction on a hillside of streams and mountain views. She has no headstone of her own, no dates, nothing but the memory that she was three and that she was loved. This monument, added much later, stands in for the marker she never got — a small act of remembrance for one of the countless pioneer children who died young and slipped out of the record entirely.

What the plaque says

Name unknown but surely well-loved was in 1848 the first to be laid to rest in this historic Holladay Memorial Park. The cemetery, second in the valley, was begun under the direction of Brigham Young. The streams, rolling hills and mountain views make this a beautiful location. The Holladay chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers have erected this monument, sculpted by Stan Watts, to honor our pioneer forefathers sent to settle in the area of the springs, called Spring Creek. The pioneer Mississippi Company, with its leader John Holladay, first called the settlement Holladay's Burgh. The name was later changed to Holladay to honor John Holladay.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 5.9 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 6.1 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 6.2 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• International Peace Gardens — 6.4 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature

More markers nearby

• First Utah Pioneer Cemetery (Outside S.L.) — steps away
• Holladay's First Church & School Bldg. — 0.3 mi
• The Lower Canal — 0.3 mi
• Old Fort Site — 0.4 mi