Peace Treaty with Fish Lake Indians

This ground saw the beginning of a peace. The Black Hawk War — less a war than a long resistance by Ute and Paiute people to the loss of their land and the hunger that came with it — had ground on across Utah for years. Here at Fish Lake, on June 14, 1873, settler and Native leaders including Chief Tabiona met to make terms, a council that led two weeks later to the final treaty in Grass Valley and the war's end in the south. The peace came late, and at great cost to the valley's first peoples.

What the plaque says

Was Made Here June 14, 1873 This treaty led up to the final treaty at Cedar Grove in Grass Valley July 1, 1873, ending the Black Hawk Indian War in Southern Utah. Present at the treaty council were: Gen. Wm. B. Pace · George Evans · Byron Pace - Albert Thurber · William Jex · G.W. Bean - Abraham Halliday · E.R. Bean · Wm. Robinson - Chief Tabiona and 15 others

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fishlake National Forest — 1.0 mi
  Home to Pando — the largest living organism on Earth
• Big Rock Candy Mountain — 23 mi
  The real mountain that inspired the famous hobo folk song
• Torrey — 24 mi
  A charming gateway town for Capitol Reef National Park

More markers nearby

• Monroe Pioneers/Old Fort — 22 mi