Dublin Core
Title
UPTLA #17
Description
Mountain Meadows
Creator
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association and
the People of Southern Utah
the People of Southern Utah
Date
1932
Identifier
UPTLA-017
Curatescape Story Item Type Metadata
Subtitle
Mountain Meadows
Story
A Favorite Recruiting Place on the Old Spanish Trail
In this vicinity, September 7-11, 1857 occurred on of the most lamentable tragedies in the annals of the West. A company of about 140 Arkansas and Missouri emigrants led by Captain Charles Fancher, enroute to California, was attacked by white men and Indians. All but 17, being small children, were killed.John D. Lee, who confessed participation as leader was legally executed here March 23, 1877. Most of the emigrants were buried in their own defense pits.
Factoid
Google 360
