Members of the ill-fated Donner Party were tragically delayed in this area before their awful demise in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The location is interesting because the harsh environment here hindered many travelers in pioneer times. The sculpture is made of 225 tons of cement, almost 2,000 ceramic tiles and five tons of welding rod, and tons of minerals and rocks native to Utah.Īlso called the "Tree of Life," the sculpture is located on the north side of I-80 about 95 miles west of Salt Lake City (25 miles east of Wendover). He financed the project himself to bring bold color and beauty to the stark, flat, salty landscape. Swedish artist Karl Momen created the 87-foot high tree between 1982-1986. An abstract artistic sculpture called Metaphor: The Tree of Utah stands of the edge of I-80 on the barren Bonneville Salt Flats west of Salt Lake City.
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