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Virtual Tour of the 1990 Monument
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Mountain Meadows Valley
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1990 Mountain Meadows
Monument
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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
The new granite monument was dedicated on September 15, 1990. Brigham Young University
President Rex E. Lee, a descendant of
John D. Lee, spoke at the memorial
service, saying "Any
attempt to recreate the human dynamics
that were at work in southern Utah in
the fall of 1857 can only leave us
bewildered as to how rational human
beings at any time, in any place, under
any circumstances could have permitted
such a tragedy to occur."
Plaque on Dan Sill Hill shows the
western
routes of the Arkansas Emigrants in 1857
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The
1990 Monument, located on Dan
Sill
Hill, overlooks the site of
the Massacre in the Mountain
Meadows Valley, in southern Utah.
This memorial
lists the
names of the Arkansas
Emigrants who died there on
September 11th, 1857,
along with the
names of the children who
survived and were returned to
their relatives in 1859.
The
list of the names that appear on the 1990
Monument are located on the
"In
Memoriam" page.
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One of the speakers at the 1990
Monument dedication was Judge Roger V. Logan, Jr.,
of Harrison, Arkansas, a descendant of more than 20 of the Massacre
victims: "There is now an appropriate monument standing in the place of
the emigrants' demise; a monument containing the names of eighty-two
persons who died and seventeen who survived and also contains reference to
many others who may have been a part of the caravan." As he read the
victims' names, he asked all related to them to stand in their honor.
1990 Dedication Ceremonies Program
The Monument is located off of Utah Highway 18 between
St. George and Enterprise. This area
was once a part of the
Old Spanish Trail and the California
Road.
This site is
on the National Historic Register.
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