Near Echo in Summit County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Welcome to Echo Canyon

One of Summit County's Historic and Picturesque Treasures

Photographed by Andrew Johnson, October 28, 2018

1. Welcome to Echo Canyon Marker

Inscription. Listen, if you will, to the melodic plodding of the oxen as they methodically pull the immigrants and their dreams across the landscape of this canyon. Through rocks of amber and brush of sage, the resilient but gentile giants played their part, weaving a legacy through this land.

He stands alone once more, this unsung hero. In this place representing a time and a memory where valor existed and fearlessness reigned. Not forgotten, are the creatures or the people and their acts of courage. We honor them.

With little effort you can hear the echoes of the long gone sounds of wagon wheels, oxen, women, children, and men forging their path into history and into our hearts.

Upon this ground, where you now stand, exist the traces left here by Indians, trappers, immigrants, Pony Express, stagecoach, outlaws, railroad and telegraph without them we would not exist in the world we now know. We will remember.

Erected by Summit County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Places • Roads & Vehicles.

Location. 40° 59.449′ N, 111° 24.313′ W. Marker is near Echo, Utah, in Summit County. It can be reached from Interstate 80 at milepost

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170, on the right when traveling west. Marker is at the Echo Canyon Welcome Center Rest Area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Echo UT 84024, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Uinta Mountains,

in the Wasatch Front,

and in Greater Provo.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Echo Canyon (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Road to Zion (approx. 0.2 miles away); Weber Pony Express Station (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Battle of the Signs (approx. 2.1 miles away); Control of Influence (approx. 2.2 miles away); Pulpit Rock (approx. 2.2 miles away); Iron Rails and Silver Dreams (approx. 2.2 miles away); Temple Camp and Supplication Hills (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Echo.

Photographed by Andrew Johnson, October 28, 2018

2. Welcome to Echo Canyon Marker

Photographed by Andrew Johnson, October 28, 2018

3. Welcome to Echo Canyon Marker

Ox and Wagon Sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Johnson, October 28, 2018

4. Ox and Wagon Sculpture

This sculpture is located just south of the marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 28, 2018, by Andrew Johnson of Salt Lake City, Utah. This page has been viewed 2,166 times since then and 92 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 28, 2018, by Andrew Johnson of Salt Lake City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.