Enclosing graves (West side) of two men and a child, emigrants of the early eighteen sixties. Original Wall erected in 1888, by Mrs. Horace (Aunt Libby) Rockwell, to shelter graves of her beloved dogs. 1. Jenny Lind, 2. Josephine Bonaparte, . . . — — Map (dbm150601) HM
St. Joseph, MO. - Sacramento, Cal. Also Overland Stage & Freight Route 1858 - 1868 This Monument Constructed by Enrollees of U.S. Grazing Division, C. C. C. Camp G-154, Company 2517. — — Map (dbm150600) HM
No 94 Official Marker Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association Erected Aug. 23, 1940 Burnt Station 300 feet west Pony Express- 1860-61 St. Joseph, Missouri - Sacramento, California Overland Stage 1858 - 1868 . . . — — Map (dbm249472) HM
Between 1820 and 1860, explorers and settlers followed a route to California which passed this site. One group, the Donner-Reed party, inched their way through rugged Hastings Pass only to face tragedy in the High Sierras. Now wild horses . . . — — Map (dbm67527) HM
This hallowed place was dedicated on August 28, 1890 by President Wilford Woodruff for all the nations in the isles of the seas, the Polynesian pioneers, their descendants and the faithful Church leaders who left their home in the mid 1800’s and . . . — — Map (dbm1259) HM
Mormon Church converts from Polynesia settled in Skull Valley in 1889–1917, working for the Church-owned Iosepa Agriculture and Stock Company. Their settlement located ½ mile to the southwest, and named Iosepa (Joseph) after Joseph . . . — — Map (dbm1374) HM
This lonely fire hydrant serves as a land marker for the town site of Iosepa, Utah, located on the desert floor between Cedar Mountain and the Stansbury Range in Skull Valley. Iosepa was named after Joseph F. Smith, 6th president of the L.D.S. . . . — — Map (dbm1276) HM
Deep Creek Station Pony Express St. Joseph Missouri to Sacramento, California 1860-1861 Citizens of Ibapah and Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association — — Map (dbm249494) HM
Goshute people were one band of many Shoshone Indians living in the Great Basin Region The term "Gosiute" means "Kusiutta" describing their original dusty, well-traveled look. Goshute people inhabited the lush riparian areas of the region . . . — — Map (dbm74276) HM
From 1881 to 1893 Garfield Beach was the most famous and finest recreation resort on the shores of Great Salt Lake, with its railroad station, lunch stand, restaurant, bath houses and pier leading to the dance pavilion, and with the pioneer . . . — — Map (dbm67591) HM
On July 27, 1847, an exploring party of pioneers bathed near historic Black Rock. In 1851, the first recorded Fourth of July celebration was held here; 150 vehicles and 60 horsem*n arrived from Salt Lake City. A huge, homemade flag was unfurled. . . . — — Map (dbm136326) HM
detachment of the U.S. Army, the first to enter the Rocky Mountain region, consisting of two companies of artillery, 85 dragoons, 130 teamsters, herders and hostlers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, under the command of Col. E.J. Steptoe, reach . . . — — Map (dbm149985) HM
"We struck the stage road in 5 miles. Good water here. Drove on to the summit of Point Lookout. Here we nooned and drove 1 miles farther to water and camped" Albert Jefferson Young, August 9, 1862 — — Map (dbm249524) HM
The goal of the Pony Express was to provide speedy and dependable mail service between Missouri and California. Before the first ride, an important task was to develop a shorter route especially across the wild open spaces between Utah and . . . — — Map (dbm249518) HM
18 ► Utah, Tooele County, Vernon — Only the Finest Horsem*n — Utah West Desert - Faust Station — Pony Express National Historic Trail —
Both speed and stamina were required of the horse and rider team as they relayed mail back and forth between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California in 10 days or less. Pony Express rider Thomas O. King recalled: "[the Express] . . . — — Map (dbm249516) HM
In 1845, it took six months to get a message from the east coast of theUnited States to California. By the time it arrived, the news was old. Inthe late 1850s, a half million people had migrated west, and they wantedup-to-date news from . . . — — Map (dbm249519) HM
The unique two-story underground building was established in 1870. Shortly thereafter a post office called "Centre" was added. The building was 80 x 100 feet, in some places the lower floor was 20 feet below ground. The excavation was done by . . . — — Map (dbm156968) HM
The airmen’s dining hall (building #2515), remains as one of the most complete buildings on their air base. Squadron insignias currently plainted on the walls, are from the military groups using the base after WW II. Military meals were always an . . . — — Map (dbm1346) HM
This hangar is the only steel vaulted-roof hangar at the base. Built specifically to house the new B-29 aircraft, it is 200 feet by 228 feet. With offices in the side wooden ‘lean–to’ buildings, there are 53,400 square feet total in the hangar. The . . . — — Map (dbm226384) HM
A community, such as the one created by the military in Wendover, wouldnot have been complete without a base chapel for the spiritual guidance of men and women assigned to the base.Chaplains were needed to assist in the mental and moral . . . — — Map (dbm1460) HM
You are looking at building #800, a squadron hangar, built of wood from standard plans for an OBH-2. Four of these hangars were built in 1942 and 1943. Each one faces the airport anchorage apron and has ten rolling doors that opened up to . . . — — Map (dbm226382) HM
The salt flats were formed as ancient Lake Bonneville slowly evaporated and deposited concentrations of salt onto this playa. Shorelines carved into the mountainsides are visible to the north along the Silver Island range and extend to the Salt Lake . . . — — Map (dbm105238) HM
Standing watch for years, this original tower is a historic landmark for the airport, Working with only radio and runway lighting, air controllers directed the heavy air traffic of the airfield. This tower did not have radar installed during the . . . — — Map (dbm1353) HM
On June 17, 1914, the first transcontinental telephone line was completed near this point on the border of Nevada and Utah at Wendover. Construction forces of the Bell Telephone Company of Nevada and the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph . . . — — Map (dbm67176) HM
Welcome to Wendover Airport, the historic airfield where the most heavy bomber crews were trained, including the crews of the Enola Gay and Bock’s Car B-29 bombers that flew the atomic missions over Japan. Twenty-one heavy bomber squadrons and . . . — — Map (dbm1330) HM
Looking south, there are several bunkers visible which were used to store the munitions used in training. Buildings to the right of the bunkers were used late in the wartime period for the development of the atomic bombs, Little Boy & Fat Man as . . . — — Map (dbm71463) HM
passed this way on the 2nd of September 1846, having lost 36 oxen, several wagons, and suffered much. "Don't look for SHORT-CUTS" — — Map (dbm105246) HM
32 ► Utah, Tooele County, Wendover — Welcome to the Bonneville Salt Flats — And Utah's Famed Measure Mile—Site of World Land-Speed Record Runs —
Utah's famed measured mile is located approximately seven miles beyond this marker, well in front of the mountains you see on the horizon. The elevation along that course is approximately 4,218 feet above sea level. *** The total length of the . . . — — Map (dbm67177) HM
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