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Sea Gull Monument


The Mormon pioneers planted crops in
the spring of 1848, after suffering great
hunger during their first winter in the
Salt Lake Valley. As the crops ripened,
hordes of devouring crikets descended
upon them from the foothills east of the
valley. The Saints fought them with
clubs, fire, and water. As they despaired of
saving the next winter's food, their prayers for
deliverance from almost sure starvation were
answered when thousands of sea gulls came
to feed on the crickets. The Sea Gull
Monument commemorates this modern-day miracle.
The sea gull is now the Utah State bird.

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