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First Encampment Park

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First Encampment Park stands at the approximate site where the First Pioneer Company of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints camped after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley on July 22, 1847. The park is an interpretive representation of the landscape the pioneers encountered as they entered the valley. It also identifies members of the First Company of Pioneers who camped in this area, with their names engraved on rocks.
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