The Mormon pioneers coming off Big Mountain into Mountain dell. July 1847 – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The Mormon pioneers coming off Big Mountain into Mountain dell. July 1847, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Mormon pioneers coming off Big Mountain into Mountain dell. July 1847
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Wagons and walking figures make their way down Big Mountain into Mountain Dell, the steep approach that brought the 1847 company toward the Salt Lake Valley. Brigham Young's advance party had reached the valley on July 24, 1847, after a long trek west from Winter Quarters, and the descent through the Wasatch foothills was among the last difficult stretches of that journey. The record dates the picture to about 1912, roughly 65 years after the event, and the copyright credit to Harry A. Kelley suggests it was likely a later, commemorative rendering of the scene rather than a view made on the spot.
| Created / published | c1912. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo copyrighted by Harry A. Kelley. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Covered wagons; Pioneers; Mormons. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,091 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142081 |
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