Ensign Peak

On July 26, 1847, two days after the Mormon Pioneers entered this valley, Brigham Young and his party climbed a round hill in the low range north of this point and, with the aid of field glasses, made a careful survey of the mountains, canyons, and streams. In addition to Brigham Young, the party included Heber C. Kimball, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, Ezra Taft Benson, William Richards, Albert Carrington, and William Clayton. Wilford Woodruff was the first to ascend the peak, and Brigham Young, slowed by a recent illness, was the last. It was suggested that this would be a fitting place to set up an ensign for the nations, where the Lord shall assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth, as foretold in Isaiah 11:12. The hill was then named Ensign Peak, and in later years a standard was erected on its summit.

Salt Lake City, Utah · United States