Mormon Battalion Monument, State Capitol Grounds, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1940

Subjects: Military Branches & Training Camps Monuments & Memorials
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Mormon Battalion Monument, State Capitol Grounds, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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The card shows the Mormon Battalion Monument, a tall granite shaft bearing a bronze relief of marching volunteers and a standing figure, set on stepped terraces with a reflecting pool and flower beds in the Utah State Capitol grounds. The monument, dedicated in 1927, commemorates the roughly 500 Latter-day Saint volunteers who marched from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to California in 1846–47 to serve in the Mexican War, the longest infantry march in U.S. military history. The Wasatch Range foothills and capitol-area buildings appear behind the trees.

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PublisherDeseret Book Company

941 MORMON BATTALION MONUMENT, STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 4A-H2139 --- MORMON BATTALION MONUMENT erected to commemorate the important contribution made to the early settlement and development of the State of Utah and the western portion of this country by the Mormon Battalion. During the war with Mexico in 1846, the Mormon people contributed an infantry bat- talion which marched overland from the Mis- sissippi River to Southern California—a march not surpassed in the annals of infantry marches. This is the achievement commemo- rated by this imposing monument. DESERET BOOK COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND UTAH'S CENTENNIAL IN 1947

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Publisher	Deseret Book Company
Series	941
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Mormon Battalion Monument, Salt Lake City, UT
Publisher	Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, UT
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a cream border; Curt Teich production code 4A-H2139 at lower right, indicating a 1940s printing. No postmark; divided back; linen texture; white border; no handwriting; light age toning.

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Mormon Battalion Monument, State Capitol Grounds, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/mormon-battalion-monument-state-capitol-grounds-salt-lake-ci-1930. Accessed October 25, 2026.