Mormon Battalion Monument - Benson, AZ
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member linkys
N 31° 58.222 W 110° 18.338
12R E 565608 N 3537361
A monument to the Mormon Battalion.
Waymark Code: WM7X8Q
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2009
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A three-sided concrete monument, with a gray limestone rock on top and inset plaque. Three metal spikes are placed around the top of the monument, with tips up. There is pull-off with plenty of parking in front of the marker.

Inscription on the plaque reads:

Mormon Battalion
LDS Church
Dec 14 1848
Last camp on
San Pedro
Turned west
toward Tucson
Erected 1960
Post 34

Group that erected the marker: Post 34

URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Just east of the northeast corner of 4th and Ocotilla
Benson, AZ
85602
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