Mountain Meadow Memorial (5) Panels

For years this ground kept a lie. The killers swore each other to silence and blamed the Paiutes they had drawn in — the story Utah told for generations. Soldiers found the bones in 1859 and raised a cairn naming the dead as Arkansans murdered in cold blood; it was torn down, rebuilt, and torn down again. Only one man, John D. Lee, was ever tried; he was shot in the meadow below in 1877 while others went free. The memorials here came late. They stand because descendants on both sides refused to let the meadow keep its secret.

What the plaque says

Those believed to have been killed at or near the Mountain Meadows were: William Allen Aden, 19 George W. Baker, 27 Manerva A. Beller Baker, 25 Mary Lovina, 7 (Ward's of George and Manerva Baker) Melissa Ann Beller, 14 David W. Beller, 12 John T. Baker, 52 Abel, 19 John Beach, 21 William Cameron, 51 Martha Cameron, 51 Tillman, 24 Isom, 18 Henry, 16 James, 14 Martha, 11 Larkin, 8 (William Cameron's niece) Nancy, 12 Allen P. Deshazo, 20 Jesse Dunlap Jr., 39 Mary Wharton Dunlap, 39 Ellender, 18 Nancy M., 16 James D., 14 Lucinda, 12 Susannah, 12 Margerette, 11 Mary Ann, 9 Lorenzo Dow Dunlap, 42 Nancy Wharton Dunlap, 42 Thomas J., 17 John H., 16 Mary Ann, 13 Talitha Emaline, 11 Nancy, 9 America Jane, 7 William M. Eaton Silas Edwards Alexander Fancher, 45 Eliza Ingrum Fancher, 32 Hampton, 19 William, 17 Mary, 15 Thomas, 14 Martha, 10 Sarah G., 8 Margaret A., 7 James Mathew Fancher, 25 Frances Fulfer Fancher Robert Fancher, 19 Saladia Ann Brown Huff William Elisha Two other sons John Milum Jones, 32 Eloah A. Tackitt Jones, 27 One daughter Newton Jones Lawson A. McEntire, 21 Josiah (Joseph) Miller, 30 Matilda Cameron Miller, 26 James William, 9 Charles R. Mitchell, 25 Sarah C. Baker Mitchell, 21 John, infant Joel D. Mitchell, 23 John Prewit, 20 William Prewit, 18 Milum L. Rush, 28 Charles Stallcup, 25 Cynthia Tackitt, 49 Marion, 20 Sebron, 18 Matilda, 16 James M., 14 Jones M., 12 Pleasant Tackitt, 25 Armilda Miller Tackitt 22 Richard Wilson Solomon R. Wood, 20 William Wood, 26 Others unknown In Memoriam In the valley below between September 7 and 11, 1857, a company of more than 120 Arkansas emigrants led by Capt. John T. Baker and Capt. Alexander Fancher was attacked while en route to California. This event is known in history as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. This memorial erected September 1990 by the State of Utah and the families and friends of those involved and those who died. The following children survived and were returned to their families in Northwest Arkansas in September 1859: Children of George and Manerva Baker Martha Elizabeth, 5 Sarah Frances, 3 William Twitty, 9 months Daughters of Jesse and Mary Dunlap Rebecca J., 6 Louisa, 4 Sarah E., 1 Daughters of Lorenzo Dow and Nancy Dunlap Prudence Angeline, 5 Georgia Ann, 18 months Children of Alexander and Eliza Fancher Christopher "Kit" Carson, 5 Triphenia D., 22 months Daughter of Peter and Saladia Huff Nancy Saphrona, 4 Son of John Milum and Eloah Jones Felix Marion, 18 months Children of Jos. and Matilda Miller John Calvin, 6 Mary, 4 Joseph, 1 Sons of Pleasant and Armilda Tackitt Emberson Milum, 4 William Henry, 19 months At least one other survivor remained in Utah Other names associated with the caravan included: (George D.?) Basham (Tom?) Farmer (Thomas?) Hamilton (James C.?) Haydon (David?) Hudson Laffoon family (Charles H.?) Morton family Poteet family Poteet brothers (John Perkins?) Reed (Alf?) Smith (Mordecai?) Stevenson

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Snow Canyon State Park — 19 mi
  Red and white sandstone cliffs with ancient lava flows
• Hurricane Canal Trail — 28 mi
  The hand-dug canal that built Hurricane, now a walking trail blasted into the Virgin River gorge

More markers nearby

• Mountain Meadows Trail & Camp — 0.6 mi
• Hamblin Cemetery — 4.3 mi
• Pinto — 7.6 mi
• Enterprise Pioneer Park — 8.0 mi