Hensley / Salt Lake Cutoff-Bluff Road

Historical marker location:

80 N 4000 W, West Point, Utah

( Marker is on North 4000 W, 0.2 miles south of Lake Park Court, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2002

The state's official bird is the California gull, which was declared the state bird in 1955. The gull is credited with helping early Mormon settlers by eating the insects that were destroying their crops.