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Show Pioneer Sons Plan Trek to Historic Site A pilgrimage to Big Mountain, final camping spot of the Mormon Mor-mon Pioneers before they entered enter-ed Salt Lake (Valley in 1847, will be sponsored by the Sugar House camp of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers as part of the Days of '47 celebration this year. Date of the pilgrimage to the site in Mountain Dell has been set for Saturday, July 20, according ac-cording to Wendell J. Ashton, president of the fiugar House camp. Church and civic leaders will be invited to participate in ceremonies honoring the pioneers. pi-oneers. It is planned to stage the main part of the program at a location accessible by automobile, with special ceremonies at the actu-at actu-at campsite, which can be reached reach-ed only by a two-mile hike. A monument was dedicated several sever-al years ago at the Big Moun- tain Cam,) by the Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association. Mr. Ashton and Frank E. Lees, ' vice president, will go to Mountain Moun-tain Dell Saturday to select a site for the celebration. They will be accompanied by John D. Giles, executive secretary of the Pioneer Trails and Landmarks 1 'association, and O. A. Tangren of the U. S. Forest Service. S. U. P. officers plan to make the pilgrimage an annual affair as part of the Days of '47 observance. ob-servance. Besides the program, a barbecue, fashioned after those of pioneer days will be held. |