Liberty Wells in Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Others Who Came

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, May 19, 2025

1. Others Who Came Marker

Inscription.

Others Who Came. . , When the main body of the Pioneer Company camped here July 22, 1847, other members of the Company were in various locations., A group of pioneers and two Mormon Battalion men (James Oakley and George S. Clark) were delayed by Colorado tick fever and entered the valley two days later, July 24. It included:, Brigham Young · Ezra T. Benson · Robert E. Baird · George P. Billings · James Case · Thomas P. Cloward · Hosea Cushing · Isaac P. Decker (child) · Benjamin F. Dewey · Howard Egan · Addison Everett · Andrew S. Gibbons · Stephen H. Goddard · Artemas Johnson · Heber C. Kimball · Ellen Sanders Kimball · William A. King · Carlos Murray · Eli H. Peirce · Albert P. Rockwood · Henry G. Sherwood · William C. A. Smoot · Briant Stringham · Thomas Tanner · Horace K. Whitney · Orson K. Whitney · Wilford Woodruff · Clarissa Decker Young · Harriet Page Wheeler Young · Lorenzo S. Young (child) · Lorenzo D. Young, Four men had been sent to guide to the valley members of the Mormon Battalion Sick Detachment and a group of Mississippi Mormons who had wintered at Fort Pueblo, Colorado., Amasa M. Lyman and Roswell Stevens of the Pioneer Company , John H. Tippets and Thomas-Wolsey of the Mormon Battalion, Five men had been sent back along the trail to guide the large Mormon companies following, the first of which reached Salt Lake Valley,September 22, 1847., Rodney Badger · George Woodward · Aaron F. Farr · Eric Glines · Phinehas H. Young, Nine men had been left to build and operate a ferry on the Platte River at today's Casper, Wyoming, to aid future companies and earn revenue from other travelers., James Davenport · Thomas Grover · Luke Johnson Frances · Edmund Ellsworth · Appleton M. Harmon · M. Pomeroy · William Empey · John Higbee · Franklin B. Stewart, Honor also to the families left behind at Winter Quarters and elsewhere; to 70,000 other Mormons who came in the next 22 years; and to 6,000 whose journeys ended in death somewhere along the trail. ,

When the main body of the Pioneer Company camped here July 22, 1847, other members of the Company were in various locations.

A group of pioneers and two Mormon Battalion men (James Oakley and George S. Clark) were delayed by Colorado tick fever and entered the valley two days later, July 24. It included:

Brigham Young · Ezra T. Benson · Robert E. Baird · George P. Billings · James Case · Thomas P. Cloward · Hosea Cushing · Isaac P. Decker (child) · Benjamin F. Dewey · Howard Egan · Addison Everett · Andrew S. Gibbons · Stephen H. Goddard · Artemas Johnson · Heber C. Kimball · Ellen Sanders Kimball · William A. King · Carlos Murray · Eli H. Peirce · Albert P. Rockwood · Henry G. Sherwood · William C. A. Smoot · Briant Stringham · Thomas Tanner · Horace K. Whitney · Orson K. Whitney · Wilford Woodruff · Clarissa Decker Young · Harriet Page Wheeler Young · Lorenzo S. Young (child) · Lorenzo D. Young

Four men had been sent to guide to the valley members of the Mormon Battalion Sick Detachment and a group of Mississippi Mormons who had wintered at Fort Pueblo, Colorado.

Amasa M. Lyman and Roswell Stevens of the Pioneer Company
John H. Tippets and Thomas-Wolsey of the Mormon Battalion

Five men had been sent back along the

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trail to guide the large Mormon companies following, the first of which reached Salt Lake Valley,September 22, 1847.

Rodney Badger · George Woodward · Aaron F. Farr · Eric Glines · Phinehas H. Young

Nine men had been left to build and operate a ferry on the Platte River at today's Casper, Wyoming, to aid future companies and earn revenue from other travelers.

James Davenport · Thomas Grover · Luke Johnson Frances · Edmund Ellsworth · Appleton M. Harmon · M. Pomeroy · William Empey · John Higbee · Franklin B. Stewart

Honor also to the families left behind at Winter Quarters and elsewhere; to 70,000 other Mormons who came in the next 22 years; and to 6,000 whose journeys ended in death somewhere along the trail.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is July 22, 1847.

Location. 40° 44.001′ N, 111° 52.636′ W. Marker is in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It is in Liberty Wells. It can be reached from 500 East, on the right when traveling east. Marker located on one of the three boulders in the center of the park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1704 500 E, Salt Lake City UT 84115, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wasatch Front

and in Greater Salt Lake.

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 walking distance of this marker: First Encampment in the Salt Lake Valley (here, next to this marker); How the Park Came to Be

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(here, next to this marker); First Encampment Park (a few steps from this marker); Wilford Woodruff Farm 1850 (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wilford Woodruff Farmhouse (about 400 feet away); Kearns - St. Ann’s Orphanage (approx. 0.6 miles away); Herman L. Franks (approx. 0.6 miles away); Chase Mill (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salt Lake City.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 134 times since then and 14 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on May 27, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.