Historic Pine Valley Mountain, one of the best known and most historic mountains of the Southern Utah Rockies, has figured in Indian legends for many generations and supplied Mormon pioneers with abundant fuel and food, including wild game, pinenuts, and berries. In 1866, scouts who had searched most of the Great Basin Area discovered mountain mahogany and yellow pine on the mountain that were particularly suitable for making certain types of pipes for the Mormon Tabernacle Organ, then just beginning construction. Using crude equipment, workers conveyed the huge logs to saw mills and then by ox team to Salt Lake City. Although the world-renowned organ has been remodeled several times, much of the original wood from Pine Valley Mountain has been retained, including the large ornamental pipes in the original organ case.