Mountain Meadows Massacre
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The Mountain Meadows Massacre was a series of attacks during the Utah War that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker–Fancher wagon train. The massacre occurred in the southe
The 1999 burial site monument
Panorama of the area in 2009
Isaac C. Haight— Stake President, battalion commander, director of Deseret Iron Company.
Philip Klingensmith- a Bishop in the church and a private in the militia. Participated in the killings. After disaffiliation from the LDS Church he turned state's evidence against his fellow conspirators.
There have been several remembrances of the Mountain Meadows Massacre including commemorative observances, the building of monuments and markers, and the creation of associations and other groups to h
Interpretive signage at the massacre site, with the 1999 monument seen in the background
Early cairn at Mountain Meadows. (Date unknown)
1990 Monument at Mountain Meadows, as seen in 2010
The monument following a reconfiguration and new signage that was added in 2017