Russell Maughan, First Flight

This marker honors the same Cache Valley aviator, Russell Maughan, remembered for the 1924 dawn-to-dusk flight across the continent. Maughan was a decorated combat pilot of the First World War before that famous day, and his single-day crossing of America — chasing the sun from the Atlantic to the Pacific — caught the national imagination at a moment when flight still felt like magic. Two markers in his home county is not too many for a farm boy who showed the Army that the country had, in aviation terms, suddenly become small.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Logan — 0.3 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley
• American West Heritage Center — 4.6 mi
  A living history farm spanning 160 acres of Cache Valley
• Hyrum State Park — 6.8 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Wind Cave Trail — 9.0 mi
  A short hike to a triple-arched limestone cave overlooking the canyon

More markers nearby

• Birthplace of Pioneer Pilot Russell L. Maughan — steps away
• First Dawn to Dusk Flight Across America — steps away
• Pioneer Memories of 1866 — steps away
• Cache Valley — steps away