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Mountain Meadows Massacre Grave Site Memorial
Photographer: Bill Kirchner
Taken: August 29, 2011
Caption: Mountain Meadows Massacre Grave Site Memorial
Additional Description: View from Dan Sill Hill.
This is the historic campsite at the south end of the valley. This was a traditional stopping place for pack mule trains traversing the Old Spanish Trail. At this site, the Baker-Fancher Train camped in 1857 and on September 7 the initial siege of the Mountain Meadows massacre took place. Stone monuments with plaques were erected in 1859 and 1932 and a new plaque in 1990.
Submitted: September 3, 2011, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p170474
File Size: 1.911 Megabytes

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