#Mormon Battalion Monument by Gilbert Riswold

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Five hundred Mormons left Iowa City for the Mormon Trail on June 9, 1856.

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After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young lead 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City on July 24, 1847.

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After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young lead 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City on July 24, 1847.

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Five hundred Mormons left Iowa City for the Mormon Trail on June 9, 1856.

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After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young lead 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City on July 24, 1847.

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Clouds (No. 471)

Mormon Battalion Monument by Gilbert Riswold, Salt Lake City 

Willard T and Caroline Y Cannon House, Salt Lake City

Eagle Gate by Dr. Grant R. Fairbanks, Salt Lake City (two pics)

Promised Valley Playhouse, Salt Lake City

Asteroid Landing Softly by Kazuo Matsubayash, Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City (four pics)

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Clouds (No. 470)

Mormon Battalion Monument by Gilbert Riswold, Salt Lake City (three pics)

Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City (seven pics)

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After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young lead 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City on July 24, 1847.

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Five hundred Mormons left Iowa City for the Mormon Trail on June 9, 1856.

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Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, was organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York on April 6, 1830.

The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois on April 6, 1860.

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Clouds (No. 780)

Salt Lake City, UT

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Five hundred Mormons left Iowa City for the Mormon Trail on June 9, 1856.  

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Utah State Capitol Grounds, Salt Lake City (No. 2)

The Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere,  and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. In an average year the lake covers an area of around 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2), but the lake's size fluctuates substantially due to its shallowness. For instance, in 1963 it reached its lowest recorded size at 950 square miles (2,460 km²), but in 1988 the surface area was at the historic high of 3,300 square miles (8,500 km2). In terms of surface area, it is the largest lake in the United States that is not part of the Great Lakes region.

The lake is the largest remnant of Lake Bonneville, a prehistoric pluvial lake that once covered much of western Utah. The three major tributaries to the lake, the Jordan, Weber, and Bear rivers together deposit around 1.1 million tons of minerals in the lake each year. As it is endorheic (has no outlet besides evaporation), it has very high salinity (far saltier than seawater) and its mineral content is steadily increasing. Due to the high density resulting from its mineral content, swimming in the Great Salt Lake is similar to floating. Its shallow, warm waters cause frequent, sometimes heavy lake-effect snows from late fall through spring.

Although it has been called "America's Dead Sea", the lake provides habitat for millions of native birds, brine shrimp, shorebirds, and waterfowl, including the largest staging population of Wilson's phalarope in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

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Clouds (No. 469)

Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City (five pics)

Council Hall, Salt Lake City (four pics)

Mormon Battalion Monument by Gilbert Riswold, Salt Lake City

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Five hundred Mormons left Iowa City for the Mormon Trail on June 9, 1856.

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Mormon Battalion Monument by Gilbert Riswold, Salt Lake City

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