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Show UTAH ; , \ H.llEn COUNTY I'ronlOntnry GOI.DEN SPliCE NATIONAL HISTORIC UO)( SITE 11169 I Golden Spike Nation:ll Hislorie Site contains the site when: the last spike was uriven on May 10. (1)(,9. to complete the Natiun's lirst transcontinental r:lilro:ll.l. Th~ ceremony celebrated the completion \If I ROO miles uf nlilway in appm.I(illllltely ~i .\ · allu · a·half ycar~; to forll1 :tjulll'tion of the Uniun I'a.:ilk Ihun the e:lst and the C~'ntrall'a;,:itiL' froillthc wes\, CUII~trllction Illliuwcd the Railroad Act of I !)6:!, which dlartacd ilnd grail ted Fcl.leralnid to the Union Pa;,:jlic Ru ilroau. This linking of \\'~ s t and East market! the beginning of!\ n~\V cra by the cstabli~hl11cnt ofa practic:l1 m~a l\s uf trade , commen;e. anc.l political intercoursc bctween the Atlantic anu Parilil- coasts. F(·" .. mII 1Il1/J' F "cleral NI'S; captain of nn nrtillery company during the . Civil Wllr, (lowell lost hi!; right forearm from a wound received at Shiloh. After'the w~lr he turneu 10 exploring and led two ~ I expeuitions (1869 and 1871) down the Green and Color:ldo Rivers. The 1869 ; ' expedition of II men and four boats S\llrteu from the point on the Green River where it is crossed by Ihe Union Pacific ; Ruilronr.!. I" Desollllion C:lnyonlhe mel1 ~I\W II heretofore unexplored IIreli of Ihe ~' . United Slutes nnd were confrontcc.l by ': uangers IInu nul ural wonllers, frightening und at the samc limc IIwe-inspiring. Hel'(~ , Ihe men gave enduring naml'S to ' mountains, mpids, streams, lind other natural 11I1II.lnmrks that had never before '; becn seen by while men. Except for nn · occasional :Ib:mtloncd ranch, Desolation Cllllyon is vinually unchungeu from its ' '. appearunce in 1869. There lire no permanent resiuents of the canyon. F"d"ml/pr;l'Ilfe: 1101 ncce.l'.I'ibh· to Ih,' public NUL 1,542 :Icres ,"AKl\ON COUNTY (also ami Uin.tah cO\llltic~) : in Emery, Gnmu, (;rcrn Uil'cr (MEllY COUNTY Gn'cn River . I)ESOI.ATION CANYON UESOLA TtON CANYON 1H(,l) U,'ji·j'(·I1/·(·-.H·'· ('lIrllIlII COl/lilY John Wesley I'owell (1I134~ 19(2) wus born i(l New York St,lte anr.! spent most of his ~'Irly life in J!l i noi~.He 1II1e!1ucr.! WlteltO" Collt,!:c (Illinois) ;Inu Oberlin College (Ohio) bUI rcceiwullo degree from either, i\~ II YU\lnll lltill) he ~c"clop\!d " cllrio~ily aOtlUI nalure which led 10 solilllry c~Jledilions onlhc Mississippi :md Ohio rilws for lhe purpose of ol>serving lind collcl:ling spccilllcnsofn:llure.'\s the GRI'.Nll COUNTY Green IUvcr Ilf:~Ot.J\TION CANYON . 1l''1i'fl·IW,·-~·/·t C",hlm emllll.... SALT LAKI! COUNTY Suit LIII((~ City EMIGRATION CANYON East edge of Sltll L:lke City on Utah6S 1847 Emigration Canyon forms thc passage through the Wasatch Mountains to SaIL Lake Vnlley mlVcrsed by Brigham Young anu his Mormon followers in Iheir journcy from Ihe Missouri Valley, From il Brigham Young illlel~edly slilled, "This is the place"; for the v:llley lying beforc him he had seen in a vision as the destineu home fol' his pcople. Just north of the mouth onhe canyon on a bench ofland overlooking Ihe valley ,lhe Mormons built Pioneer Monument in 1947 lIS:\ me'1,ol'ial to Iheir fllrebears. SWf(' NUL SAI.T LAKE COUNTY S:III Luke City TEMI'LF. SQUAUE Temple, 1853-1893, Truman O. Angell; T:lbcrnaclc. 1862- I 867; Assembly Hall, 1882 ·Temple Squ:lrc best captures Ihe essence Dr the Mormon achievement in building II "kingdom or Zion" in :1,: Ulah r.!eserl, . The walled square symbolizes Ihe slronll cullUr;tl anu religious illdividuulily of the Morml,)ns. Though Ihe Temple dominate!! · the squarc,lhe Tl\bcrnacle is nn impresl;ivo' nWIl\!m~nll" M(WOlOn nrchilcCHIJ'lllllllcJ cnL;incc\'inlt ~kill. II!! UnNUppOl'lUU domed roof, ol\e of'the I:trllcst in the WOrld, the · organ,lInd Ihe b\lildiIlG'~ lieou~lic!1! qualities llre among its oUIslllnding features, Th~ Assembly HIIII is devoted to nonsectarian religilllls. sucial. amI inldlectllal uses. Pril'tlle NHI.; HAns s.\J.T LAKf:. COUNTY 5:111 LIII.e City YOUNG (IIlUGIIAM) HOLJSE,1.I0,'I HOlJSE 63 S. Temple Street 18S6, Trumall O. Angen lIml Will;:'!" W:lru The Lion House was the hOllle of lit il.I. ;1I1I Young until his death in IB?'I. At'to.:r succeeding Joseph Smith as head "t' II,,' Mormon Church in 1847, Yuung ~lir·: ': I ... d Ihe mass migr:ltion of the Mormoll, I u Ihe Salt Lake Valley. He was lirst governur of the Terrilory of Utah. 184'J-I!(S7 . llis two-story house, patlerneu at'ler" NL"S England resiuencc, is uf plaster-co ""'"d adobe brick. The exterior is SlIbstall!l :tlly unchanged. but the inll.:rior has bCCl 1 altered sllmcwhat. On till' tirst IlOllr :11 ,. several rooms with ori g in~11 rurnishill l ~' ,lnd memombilia. I'r;I'1II1' 1'1111. Si\I.T LI\KIl COUNTY Suit l.ake City vicinity lUNGUAM CANYON Or~N IlITCClI'I" '; U MINt': 1611111c1O ~oulhwesl urSuh I.lIke City LIII Ut:ih4l! 1904 The Oin1!lmm Canyon OI'cO I'it CLlPl'l'J' Mine W:t~ the lirst open pit cOl"per Ill ; .. ,· in 287 |
