Show 00 THE NE PLACES lite V DRIVE ONS I 1 M 4 T V x R oil j YOUNGS prophetic BRIGHAM Dg gesture esturo on july 24 1847 is remembered 91 years later with i the ilk annual celebration of pioneer day in i utah and surrounding states in tho the k above mural found in the union P pacific ac station at salt lake city is portrayed the climax of an historic i trek by cormons mormons who loft left their homes in illinois because of religious into intolerance anc 0 they cut a f trail rail across plains and mountains settling in salt lake valley after thousands had died of exposure and exhaustion today shining rails of the union pacific follow the path their oxen trudged i ix hero here wo we will build a temple to our god said brigham young as he walked a barren piece of land digging his cano cane info tho the sunbaked sun baked soil construction started in 1853 and the temple was finished 40 years later each year thousands of tourists flock fo 10 see me this historic building Z X d X Z S X aa V 6 no A rough pole a pile of stories stones the dried skull of a plains buffalo freso marked tho the long and weary trail frail of tho the mormon pioneers from f the h a missouri river to salt lako lake valley this bleached skull tolls falls its own story pioneers Pio neen camped hero juno making 15 miles today all well wall brigham young 77 A tribute tributo to foresight and ability is tho the mormon tabernacle at salt lake city below erected before the coming of tho the railroad when nails cost is the salt of particular interest on pioneer day almost without kog it was constructed entirely erected to the great a lake city seagull monument I 1 acoustics steel wooden and rawhide helped flock of birds that appeared from nowhere in in 1 1848 pegs to destroy hordes of crickets a menace that brought are to so perfect that a pin dropped in one end near starvation can be heard feet away |