Visited: May 2018
This park has two parts- a free part for the public about the Mormon expedition, and a village replicating pioneer life. I did not pay to go into the village as it seems to be geared towards kids and not like something I would enjoy on my own.
When you first come into the park, you can stop by a giant memorial to the Mormon Batallion and wander down the path to statues and replicas of the Pony Express.
When you continue to the visitor center, there is a giant memorial covered in statues of people important to Mormon and Utah history with lots of historical information. It's nice to wander around to all of them and look at the flowers in the spring.
The visitor center has a small museum in the basement and some paintings in the 'attic' but it is mostly a gift shop which surprised me! It's mostly kitschy stuff like "Live Laugh Love" type home decor, but I got a nice Utah magnet and of course a patch for the collection.
It was worth stopping here and reading some of the history on a rainy day.
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| Pony Express statue |
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| The big memorial you can see from Sunnyside Ave |
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| Loved the daisies here |
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| How it got its name |
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| Wat |
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| Mormons............... |
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