The Sea Gull Monument, Temple Square

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $3.95
Original Price: $4.95

Stock #:19136
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Salt Lake City
State: Utah (UT)
County: Salt Lake
Publisher: Desert Book Company
Condition: VG
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
Was erected in commemoration of the miraculous delivery of the "Mormon" pioneers from starvation. In the early summer of 1848, their first wheat crop was threatened with destruction by hordes of crickets. After all normal measures had failed, the Saints offered up prayers for their deliverance. Almost immediately, swarms of sea gulls flew in from the Great Lake to the west to devour the pests and save the crops.

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