"This Is The Place" redirects here. For the song by
Red Hot Chili Peppers, see
By the Way
The This Is The Place Monument in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The
This Is The Place Monument is a historical
monument at the This Is The Place Heritage Park
, located on the east side of Salt Lake City
, Utah
. It
is in honour of
Brigham Young's famous
statement in
1847 that the
Latter-day Saint pioneers should settle in
the
Salt Lake Valley. Sculpted
between 1939 and 1947 by
Mahonri M.
Young, a grandson of Brigham Young,
it stands as a monument to the
Mormon pioneers. It replaces a much smaller
obeliskoid monument which is located up the hill.
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