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UPTLA #80

Mormon Pioneer Camp

By Lincoln County Historical Society
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Plaque
Plaque Source: Sons of Utah Pioneers, Used with Permission

Dublin Core

Title

UPTLA #80

Description

Mormon Pioneer Camp

Creator

Lincoln County Historical Society
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association

Date

1938

Identifier

UPTLA-080

Curatescape Story Item Type Metadata

Subtitle

Mormon Pioneer Camp

Story

Mormon pioneers enroute from winter quarters, (Omaha) to the valley of the Great Salt Lake, under the leadership of Brigham Young, camped near here May 11, 1847. While in this vicinity William Clayton made a distance-measuring device which when attached to a wagon wheel, accurately recorded the distance traveled.

Factoid

At the time the marker was placed it was located "a mile north of North Platte at the intersection of the highways heading to Stapleton and Tryon". Possibly here.
May have also been located where airport is now.
Was moved to the local Licoln County Historical Museum at some point.

Related Resources

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=180898

https://goo.gl/maps/4tWsTAjPJA7tFzZA9

Stanley B Kimball, Historic Sites and Markers along the Mormon and other great western Trails

https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/RelEd/id/4401/

https://archive.org/details/liahona_elders_journal_vol_36_no_3/page/n455/mode/2up

https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rv5mdp/25549528
https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/RelEd/id/4401/rec/573

Images

Plaque
Plaque Source: Sons of Utah Pioneers, Used with Permission
Monument
Monument Source: Sons of Utah Pioneers, Used with Permission

Location

Additional Info

Citation Info

Lincoln County Historical Society
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association, “UPTLA #80,” UPTLA, accessed November 4, 2026, https://uptla.tylerthorsted.com/items/show/80.
Added June 1, 2023. Modified March 18, 2024.

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