Utah's First Indian Battle

The old marker calls it a battle. It was closer to an ambush. Before dawn on March 5, 1849, some thirty-five armed settlers surrounded a camp of Timpanogos families here, sent after reports of stolen cattle. The first shots killed the leader; women and children fled into the freezing creek while the men fought and died. Four or more Timpanogos were killed; not one settler fell. The town that grew here was called Battle Creek before Pleasant Grove. Among the children who lived was a boy who became Black Hawk — the war chief who never forgot.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 5.4 mi
  Three spectacularly decorated caves connected by hand-carved tunnels
• Alpine Loop Summit — 5.4 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos
• Aspen Grove — 5.7 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls
• Bridal Veil Falls — 5.9 mi
  A dramatic double waterfall cascading 607 feet into Provo Canyon

More markers nearby

• Explorer Corps Marker: Utah County — 5.4 mi
• Statue of Responsibility — 5.4 mi
• Peck/Russon Historic Families of Lehi — 7.0 mi
• History of the Lehi Sugar factory — 7.1 mi