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Show ty, Wtah UTAH BOX ELDER COUNTY Promontory GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 1869 Golden Spike National Historic Site contains the site where the last spike was driven on May 10, 1869, to complete the Nation's first transcontinental railroad. The ceremony celebrated the completion of 1800 miles of railway in approximately six-and-a-half years to form ajunction of the Union Pacific from the east and the Central Pacific from the west. Construction foliowed the Railroad Act of 1862, which chartered and granted Federal aid to the Union Pacific Railroad. This linking of West and East marked the beginning of a new era by the establishment of a practical means of trade, commerce, and political intercourse between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Federal/non-Federal 1,542 acres NPS ; CARBON COUNTY (also in Emery, Grand, and Uintah counties) Green River DESOLATION CANYON 1869 John Wesley Powell (J 834-1902) was born in New York State and spent most of his early life in Illinois. He attended Wheaton College (Illinois) and Oberlin College (Ohio) but received no degree from either. As a young man he developed a curiosity about nature which led to solitary expeditions on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers for the purpose of observing and collecting specimens of nature. As the captain of an artillery company during the Civil War, Powell lost his right forearm from a wound received at Shiloh. After the war he turned to exploring and led two expeditions (1869 and 1871) down the Green and Colorado Rivers. The 1869 expedition of 11 men and four boats started from the point on the Green River where it is crossed by the Union Pacific Railroad. In Desolation Canyon the men saw a heretofore unexplored area of the United States and were confronted by dangers and natural wonders, frightening and at the same time awe-inspiring. Here the men gave enduring names to mountains, rapids, streams, and other natural landmarks that had never before been seen by white men. Except for an occasional abandoned ranch, Desolation Canyon is virtually unchanged from its appearance in 1869. There are no permanent residents of the canyon. Federal/private; not accessible to the public NHL EMERY COUNTY Green River DESOLA TION CANYON Reference-see Carbon County GRAND COUNTY Green River DESOLATION CANYON Reference-see Carbon County SALT LAKE COUNTY Salt Lake City EMIGRATION CANYON East edge of Salt Lake City on Utah 65 1847 Emigration Canyon forms the passage 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 Brigham Young allegedly stated, "This is the place"; for the valley lying before him he had seen in a vision as the destined home for his people. Just north 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 . State NHL SALT LAKE COUNTY Salt 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 :h ! Utah desert. The walled square symbolizes the strong cultural and religious individuality of the Mormons. Though the Temple dominates the square, the Tabernacle is an impressive monument to Mormon architectural and engineering skill. Its unsupported domed roof, one of the largest in the world, the organ, and the building's acoustical qualities are among its outstanding features. The Assembly Hall is devoted to nonsectarian religious, social, and intellectual uses. Private NHL; HABS SALT LAKE COUNTY Salt Lake City YOUNG (BRIGHAM) HOUSE, LION HOUSE 63 S. Temple Street 1856, Truman O . Angell and William Ward The Lion House was the home of Brigham Young until his death in 1877. Afrer succeeding Joseph Smith as head of the Mormon Church in 1847 , Young direc Led the mass migration of the Mormons LO lhe Salt Lake Valley. He was first governor of the Territory of Utah, 1849-1857. 1-1 is two-story house, patterned after aNew England residence, is of plaster-covered adobe brick. The exterior is substumj,lIly unchanged, but the interior has been altered somewhat. On the first noor are several rooms with original furnishin gs and memorabilia. Private NHL SALT LAKE COUNTY Salt Lake City vicinity BINGHAM CANYON OPEN PIT COPPER MINE 16 miles southwest of Salt Lake City on Utah 48 1904 The Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine was the first open pit copper mine in 287 |
