On July 26, 1847, Brigham Young and other early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley. The hill has religious significance in the Church's history, as Brigham Young remarked on that day that the peak was a fitting place to "set up an ensign" ().
On July 26, 1847, Brigham Young and other early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints climbed this hill to examine the Salt Lake Valley. The hill carries religious significance in the Church's history, as Brigham Young declared on that day that the peak was a suitable place to "raise an ensign" ().