Keywords

Photographs, Photographers and Photography, The Monument to Brigham Young and the Pioneers (Brigham Young Monument), Livingston Quarry, Little Cottonwood Canyone, Salt Lake City, Cyrus E. Dallin, Utah History, Historical Documents

Abstract

A photograph dating to June 1897 shows the granite shaft for the Monument to Brigham Young and the Pioneers (Brigham Young Monument) loaded on a wagon for transport from the Little Cottonwood Canyon quarry to Salt Lake City. The photograph was donated to the Archives Division of the Historical Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1994. “New Photograph of the Granite Shaft for the Brigham Young Monument” provides background on the photograph, its provenance, and the events associated with it.

Original Publication Citation

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and J. Michael Hunter, "New Photograph of the Granite Shaft for the Brigham Young Monument," BYU Studies 39, no. 4 (2000): 98-106.