The Mormon Trail Monument was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.577). The monument is to remember the 500 Mormon pioneers who came to the San Bernardino Valley in June 1851, establishing Fort San Bernardino. The monument is near Phelan, California in San Bernardino County, California. The Monument was built in 1937 and is on California State Route 138, 3.6 Miles West of Interstate 15. In 1857, about half the Mormons were told to return to Utah during the Utah War.Marker database 577California Historic Parks, Fort Bensonmilitarymuseum.org, Historic California Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields: Posts at San Bernardino, by Colonel Herbert M. Hart, USMCPoll, Richard D., and Ralph W. Hansen. "'Buchanan's Blunder' The Utah War, 1857–1858", in Military Affairs 25, 3 (1961): 121–131 the Mormon War, or the Mormon Rebellion"Brigham Young and Wild Bill Hickman", Salt Lake City Messenger, Newsletter #77, February 1991, Utah Lighthouse Ministry
See also California Historical Landmarks in San Bernardino County, California Mormon Road from Salt Lake City to Southern California Mormon Trail from Illinois to Salt Lake City Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument Stoddard-Waite Monument
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