"THIS IS THE PLACE"

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While in Utah we did a little sight seeing and one of the Church Historical sites that I (Tracie) wanted to see was Ensign Peek also known as "This Is The Place." This is the place were Brigham Young and a wagon train of Latter-Day Saints arrived to what became the Salt Lake Valley. The picture of the grassy hill with the poles going over the top is the location where the wagon train came over the hill and decended down into the valley below.

There are now several acres where monuments have been erected and replicas of the homes that were built by the Saints . Whitney stands on a two rock platform which sits in front of the home of Brigham Young and was used in the day for women to stand on so that they could easily step up into horse drawn wagons.

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