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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 78002661.

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English: The site of the Elk Mountain Mission is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Grand County, Utah.

The text on the monument is as follows:

(Upper plaque)
DAUGHTERS OF UTAH PIONEERS
NO. 65
ERECTED NOV. 30, 1940
ELK MOUNTAIN MISSION
IN APRIL 1855, FORTY ONE MEN UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF ALFRED N. BILLINGS WERE CALLED
TO ESTABLISH A MISSION IN THE ELK MOUNTAINS.
THEY LEFT SALT LAKE CITY MAY 7, 1855, ARRIVED
AT GRAND RIVER JUNE 11 AND SELECTED THE SITE
FOR A SETTLEMENT. BY JULY 15, THEY HAD BUILT A
FORT 64 FEET SQUARE, WITH STONE WALLS, 12 FEET
HIGH, 4 FEET AT THE BASE AND 1½ FEET AT THE TOP.
THREE OF THE PIONEERS, JAMES W. HUNT, EDWARD
EDWARDS AND WILLIAM BEHUNIN WERE BURIED
WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE, WHICH WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 800 FEET FROM THIS MONUMENT.
MOAB CAMP

(Lower plaque)
This monument was relocated April 2006.
This monument was formerly located at 995 N.
Highway 191, which is 1.5 miles northwest of
where the monument now stands. The location
of the Old Fort was 3000 ft W, 1320 ft frm the
NW corner of Sec 35 Township 25 S, Range 21 E,

Salt Lake Base Meridian.
Date Taken on 24 June 2011
Source Own work
Author NoeHill
Object location38° 35′ 19″ N, 109° 33′ 45″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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