Elk Mountain Mission

Historical marker location:

Moab, Utah

( Marker is on North 200 West south of East 100 North, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1940

Utah was the site of the first-ever transcontinental railroad connection in the United States. The historic meeting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads took place on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah.