Brigham Young Cemetery

The Brigham Young Cemetery is not open to the public.

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Quick Facts

Location:

140 East First Avenue, on the south side of 1st Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah

Significance:

Sculptures of Mormon emigrants and monuments commemorating pioneers William Clayton and Eliza Roxcy Snow.

MANAGED BY:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Note: not currently open to the public.

The cemetery is a place of reverence and contemplation for Mormon visitors. In the outer garden stand sculptures of Mormon emigrants and monuments commemorating pioneers William Clayton and Eliza Roxcy Snow. Clayton wrote a detailed traveler’s guide to the Mormon Trail and composed the motivational hymn Come, Come, Ye Saints during his own 1846-47 trek from Nauvoo. Snow was a wife of church founder Joseph Smith and, after his death, of Brigham Young. She became a poet and songwriter of renown among the Mormon pioneers. Her grave, in the inner garden, is near that of Brigham Young and other members of his family.
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Location (140 East First Avenue, on the south side of 1st Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah)

 

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Mormon Pioneer Trail: Salt Lake City Itinerary

This site is on the Salt Lake City Itinerary. Each site provides the opportunity to experience and learn about Salt Lake City, a pioneer waystation as well as a destination, and its rich combined history of the Mormon Pioneer, Pony Express, and California national historic trails.