IN HONOR OF
THE MORMON COLONISTS
OF THE BIG HORN BASIN
WHO, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ABRAHAM O. WOODRUFF, FIRST CAMPED NEAR THIS SITE IN MAY, 1900. THESE PIONEERS, UNDER MANY DIFFICULTIES, ESTABLISHED TOWNS, NOTABLY BYRON, COWLEY AND LOVELL, ORGANIZED THE BIG HORN STAKE OF ZION, CONSTRUCTED THE SIDON CANAL, BUILT RAILROADS AND PIONEERED EDUCATION THROUGH FOUNDING THE BIG HORN ACADEMY
