The View From Ensign Peak

After viewing the valley on July 24, 1847, Brigham Young reportedly declared, "This is the right place." Scouting reports verified that there were enough natural resources to support a city, which was soon laid out with wide streets and ten-acre blocks. The heart of the city was to be the temple block. When the temple was finished in 1893, the population of Salt Lake City exceeded forty-five thousand.

Salt Lake City, Utah · United States