Erected in 1947 to the centennial of Utah's settlement, this monument commemorates the location where the Mormon settlers entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. It marks the end of the 1,300 mile Mormon Pioneer Trail. It was designed by Mahonri M. Young, a grandson of Brigham Young. It was Brigham Young who declared, upon entering the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, that it would be the new home of the Mormons who were then traveling toward Utah from the east.