Eagle Gate Credits & Sources

Photo sources and/or credits are listed in order of photos appearing in article.  A separate list of photo credits and/or sources has been prepared for the short video.

Photos

#1  Screen clip from stereoscopic view by C.W. Carter, date unknown. Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Gate#/media/File:Eagle_Gate_(including_a_view_with_man_on_bicycle_in_front),_by_C._W._Carter.png

#2  Screen clip from 1875 map of Salt Lake City.

A digital copy of the map is at the Library of Congress. It was drawn by Eli Sheldon Glover and printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith. Link: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4344s.pm009290/

#3  Photo of street car under Eagle Gate
This photo came from the Salt Lake Tribune via its Pinterest website:
https://www.pinterest.com/sltrib/historic-photos/

#4  Postcard of Eagle Gate showing US 89 directional road sign is in author's private collection.  It was purchased on eBay. The C.T. Art-Colortone card was produced on behalf of the Deseret Book Company, photographer and year unknown.

#5  The Photo of group at 1963 dedication was posted online by The Salt Lake Tribune at this link:
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=52373518&itype=CMSID#gallery-carousel-446996

#6  The photo is actually a screen clip from Google Maps "Street View" easily accessible online.

Regarding photos used in connection with our coverage of the Eagle Gate, please see "Fair Use" disclaimer at end of post.

Credits

Words "widely known" in first sentence come from 1941 WPA Guide to Utah.
Source: https://goo.gl/WYc8kd

Eagle Gate carver Ralph Ramsay immigrated from England to the US in early 1856.  He was among the first Saints who arrived via handcarts at Salt Lake City on September 26, 1856.  Ramsay went on to an illustrious woodcarving career that is well documented by many sources, especially in his Family's History.  Many sources credit two wood carvers with creation of the eagle. Late in his life, Ramsay was emphatic that he was the sole carver of the eagle

"Speaking to a representative from the Deseret News, sometime before his death, regarding his career as an expert tradesman, he said “while the Eagle may furnish the most notable piece of work I did, it was the least of my carving, but as that old wooden bird, I am proud to say I carved every curve in his body. It is, it was my work from beginning to end. I want to say this much for reason that it has been stated that someone else had a hand in it. That is not true; it is all my work from beak to talons. I did the carving, all of it, every whit. Put that down my boy. Its mine all mine” and his eyes flashed the pride in his heart felt."

Source: http://www.ralphramsay.com/

Numerous other links are listed below for sources which contain much additional information and insight.

Above is an account of the 1891 dedication of the second Eagle Gate.  It was found on Page
Page 687 of The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Volume 53 Source: https://goo.gl/tNxLt7

To see US 89's route through Utah in the pre-interstate era go here:
http://us89routes.blogspot.com/2017/12/us-89-utah-route.html

We were very fortunate to be able to find a copy of the Eagle Gate Dedication Program from November 1, 1963.  We saved the program to our Google Drive here: https://goo.gl/XsF2eV

A model of the Eagle Gate was displayed at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. More recently, a scaled down version of the Eagle Gate was built and installed at This Is The Place Heritage Park.  See: https://www.thisistheplace.org/heritage-village/buildings/eagle-gate

This link has another photo of the scaled down Eagle Gate, as well as a photo of the original eagle that now sits safely on display in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, 300 North Main Street, Sat Lake City. http://www.fullchisel.com/blog/?p=345


The architect for the Eagle Gate is said to have been Truman O. Angell who is much more famous for being the architect of the LDS Salt Lake City Temple.  Interestingly, the Eagle Gate was dedicated nearly six years about construction began on the Temple.  The first version of the Eagle Gate came down about three years before the Temple was completed and dedicated 40 years to the day after the project began. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple

Here is a very well done one minute video on the Eagle Gate:

https://youtu.be/_6Qk4sXpREc

Here are some other sources to help you learn more about the Eagle Gate:

https://www.mormonwiki.com/Eagle_Gate_Monument

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/650208330/Eagle-Gate-spans-the-history-of-Salt-Lake.html

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/496458/LEGACY-SOARS-ON-WINGS-OF-EAGLE.html

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