MORE ABOUT THE AREA

MARKED GRAVE. SOME HAVE NAMES, SOME DON'T.  MANY WERE BURIED HERE ON THIS  LAND, MOST IN UNMARKED GRAVES.

FAMIOUS "DEVIL'S GATE." LANDMARK USED BY ALL WHO CAME WEST.

LOOKING DOWN THE SIDE OF MARTIN'S COVE WHERE THEY CAMPED.  ON THE OTHER SIDE (PICTURE LATER) WHERE THEY ATTEMPTED TO BURY THE DEAD, BUT REALLY ONLY FED THE WOLVES.

TWO OF 4 STATUES DEDICATED BY PRESIDENT HINKLEY HONORING THOSE WHO HELPED THE MARTIN COMPANY ACROSS THE SWEETWATER PRIOR TO ENTERING THE COVE.

ALONG THE SWEETWATER WHERE WE GIVE TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE COVE TO VISITORS.  THIS IS ALSO A SPOT WHERE BAPITISMS ARE PERFORMED.  WE HAVE HAD MANY SO FAR THIS YEAR. ANYONE CAN REQUEST AND BE BAPTIZED HERE.

THE FAMED VEIL BRIDGE BUILT BY THE RIVERTON STAKE WITH VOLUNTEER WORKERS, MADE OF DONATED RAILROAD CARS. IT REPRESENTS THE PHYSICAL RESCUE THAT TOOK PLACE HERE IN 1856, AND ALSO THE 2ND RESCUE WHEN THE RIVERTON STAKE DID ALL THE TEMPLE WORK FOR THOSE THAT DIED HERE AND THEIR ANCESTORS.

HANDCARTS ARE BORN HERE. THE WHEELS COME FROM THE AMISH BACK EAST THEN THE CARTS BUILT IN A SHOP HERE. TAKES HUNDREDS OF HANDCARTS TO OUTFIT ALL THE TREKERS.  THIS PAST WEEK, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD OVER 3,000 TREKERS.

ONE SHED THAT HOUSES SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT. AMAZING WHAT'S HERE. MANY GREAT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. WILL SHOW MORE LATER.

WOODSHOP THAT WOULD MAKE DAD ENVIOUS. ANYONE IS ALLOWED TO CAME AND MAKE THINGS, BUT USED DURING HOURS TO BUILD, REPAIR, ETC. ALL THAT GOES ON HERE.