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| Type | Statue |
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| Material | Bronze sculpture |
| Dedicated date | Brigham Young |
TheBrigham Young Monument (orPioneer Monument) is a bronzed historical monument located on the north sidewalk of the intersection at Main and South Temple Streets ofSalt Lake City,Utah.[1] It was erected in honour of pioneer-colonizer, Utah governor, and LDS Church presidentBrigham Young who led theMormon pioneers into theUtah Territory in 1847. The base of the twenty-five-foot monument has the bronze figure of an Indian facing east and that of a bearded fur trapper facing west, both of which preceded the Mormon settlers. On the south side is a bronze bas-relief of a pioneer man, woman, and child, while another bronze plaque has a list of the pioneers who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, and their equipment.[2]
The Brigham Young Monument was first displayed at theChicago World's Fair in 1893. It stood briefly afterwards onTemple Square and was then transferred centering the intersection of Main and South Temple streets in 1897, where it stood until 1993, when it was moved a few yards north to its present location.[3]
The monument is the work ofCyrus Edwin Dallin.[4]
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