Union Pioneer Cemetery

Among the first party into this valley in 1847 was Green Flake, an enslaved man who drove a wagon west for the family that owned him. He lived out his life in Utah as a free man and is buried here, beside his wife Martha Ann, beneath a headstone he carved himself. The cemetery began by accident: Rufus Forbush buried his wife on the highest ground of his farm in 1851, and when a smallpox epidemic needed graves, he gave the land over. Records are lost, but the restored plots hold well over a hundred graves.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• International Peace Gardens — 8.7 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 9.2 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 9.4 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 10 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon

More markers nearby

• Mormon Battalion Monument — steps away
• Cottonwood Paper Mill — 2.8 mi
• Utah Freedom Memorial Battlefield Cross — 3.6 mi
• Utah Freedom Memorial — 3.6 mi