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Show UTAH BOX EI.DER COUNTY Golden Spike National Historic Site contains the site wher.: the last spike was driven on May 10, 1869, to complete the Natiun's first transcontinental railroad. The ceremony cclebrated.the completion of 180U miles of ruilway in approximately ~ix·and·a - h;"f years to form ajunction of Ih.: Union Pacilic from Ihe cast and the Celllral Pacilic from the wes\. Construclion foliowcd the R"ilroad Act of 1862, which d"lrlaed anu granlcd Federal aid to the Union Pacific Railroad. This linking of W~st and E;\st marked the beginning of a n~w era by Ihc establishment of a practical means of trade. commerce, and political intercourse between thc Atlantic and Pacilil: coasts. cap.tain of an artillery company during the Civil War, Powell lost his right forearm from a wound received at Shiloh. Afterthe war he turned to exploring and led two ' expeditions (1869 and 1871) down the Green and Colorado Rivers. The 1869 ' expedition of II mcn and four boats started from the point on the Green River where it is crossed by the Union Pacific : Railroad. In Desolation Cunyon the mell saw a heretofore unexplored area of the : United States :lnd were confronted by dangers and natural wonders, frighlening ;lIld at the same time mve-inspiring. Here the men gave enduring n;lmes to ! : mountains, mpids, streams, and other natural landmarks that had never before ' . been seen by white men. Except for an occasional abandoned ranch, Desolation C,tnyon is virtually unchanged from its ' appearance in 1869. There arc no permanent residents of the canyon. FeJl'fIIIIIIOI,-FI.'dl!TClI NPS; 1,542 acres NIiL Promontory GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IK69 (AIIOON COUNTY (also in Emery, Gmnd, and Uintah eoul1tie'i) (;rcen Rh·cr DESOLATION CANYON 1869 • I John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was born in New York State and spent most of his Mly life in lIIinoi~. He attended Wheaton Coliege (Illinois) and Oberlin Collc:ge (Ohio) but received no degree from either. As a yuung man he developed a curiosity ;lbUUl nature which.lcd 10 solitary expeditions on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers for the purpose of observing and collecting specimens of nature. As the FederalJpril'lIIe; 1101 accessible /0 the public Hi:l EMERY COUNTY Green River DESOLATrON CANYON I;' • \ ! :. . ' '! Rl.'ferellcc' -.vt'e CClrho/l CO/lllly GRAND COUNTY Green River DESOLATION CANYON RC'lt'rt'IICl'-SI'C' Carboll COl/lily i . SALT LAKE COUNTY Suit Lukc City EI\IIGItATION CANYON East edge of Salt Lake City on Utah 65 1847 Emigration Canyon forms the pussage through the Wasatch Mountains to Salt Lake Valley traversed by Brigham Young and his Mormon followers in their journey from the Missouri Valley. From it nrigham Young allegedly staled, "This is the place"; for the valley lying before him he had seen in a vision as the destined home for his people. Just 1I0rth of the mouth of the canyon on a bench ofland overlooking the valley, the Mormons built Pioneer Monument in 1947 as a memorial to their forebears. SllIle NUL SAl.T LAKE COUNTY SnIt Lake City TEMPLE SQUARE Temple, 1853-1893, Truman O. Angell; Tabernacle, 1862-1867; Assembly Hall, 1882 Temple Square best captures the essence of the Mormon achievement in building a ··kingdom of Zion" in :I'! Ulah desert. The walled square symbolizes the strong cultural and religious individuality of the Mormons. Though the Temple dominutes the square, the Tubernacle is an impressive monument to Mormon architectural and engirieering skill. Its unsupported domed roof, one of the largest in the world, the orgun, and the building's aeotislicllJ qualities are among its outstanding features. The Assembly Hall is devoted to nonsectarian religious, social, and intellectual uses. Prh'lIlt! NHI.; liARS SAI.T LAKE COUNTY Salt Lake City YOUNG (IUUGHAM) HOlfSE, UON HOlfSE 63 S. Temple Street 1856, Truman O. Angell and Willi :'il ' W:lrd The Lion House \Vas Ihe hOllle uf III i [. I';llll Young until his death in 1877. AfI,",r succeeding Joseph Smith as head lIr 11.,· Mormon Church in 1847, Young uir: -:I.:d the mass migration of the Mormon ., IU lhe Salt Lake Valley . He was first gover nu r of the Territory of Utah, 1!l4\1-1 tl5 7. II is two-story house, pallerned after aNn,· England resiuence, is of plastcr"co"", ,.d adobe brick. The exterior is substalll J:l lly unchanged, but the interior has been altered somewhat. On the !irst !loL'r ;11 .: several rooms with original furnish ing, and memorabilia. Prit·(//c' NHl SALT LAKE COUNTY Salt Lake City vicinity BINGHAM CANYON OPEN PIT .C{)I'i'EIt MINE 16 miles soulhwest of Salt Lake City lIl1 Ulah4K 1904 The Bingham Canyon Ollcn Pit Cop!,er Mine was the first opcn pit copper "li m· in 287 |
