[William Clayton Journal] ...About 10 o'clock, President Young sent me a horse with instructions to join him and some others going on a short exploring expedition. I immediately started and found the company consisted of President Young, Elders [Heber] Kimball, [Wilford] Woodruff, G[eorge] A. Smith, [Ezra T.] Benson, [Willard] Richards and [Albert] Carrington. We took a course northward passing by the land where the brethren are plowing and planting. The land indeed looks rich and light. About three-quarters of a mile north of the camp we arrived on a beautiful table of land, level and nicely sloping to the west. Here we halted to view it and the more we viewed the better we were satisfied that it is as handsome a place for a city as can be imagined...We passed on and began to ascend the mountains, president signifying a wish to ascend a high peak, to the north of us. After some hard toil and time we succeeded in gaining the summit, leaving our horses about two-thirds the way up. President Young felt pretty well fatigued when he got up. Some of the brethren feel like naming this "Ensign Peak." From this place, we had a good view of the Salt Lake, and could see that the waters extend for a great many miles to the north of us...We arrived at the big spring about 4 o'clock and making our horses fast we went down to where it boils out of the rock . . .
[source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]
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