Mountain Meadows Association

NATIONAL REGISTER INFORMATION

                                                               
                                                                            MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE SITE

                                                            NATIONAL REGISTER OF  HISTORIC PLACES INFORMATION

The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The Mountain Meadows Massacre Site is included among the over 80,000 listings that make up the National Register.

Row	STATE	COUNTY	RESOURCE NAME	ADDRESS	CITY	LISTED	MULTIPLE
1	UT	Washington	Mountain Meadows Historic Site	7 mi. S of Enterprise on UT 18	Enterprise	1975-08-28

Row	Refnum	Statecd	Resname	FIELD	FIELDVALUE
1	75001833	UT	Mountain Meadows Historic Site	Applicable Criterion	EVENT
2				Architect	Unknown
3				Area of Significance	EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
4				Area of Significance	TRANSPORTATION
5				Criterion Exception	CEMETERY
6				Current Function	AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE
7				Historic Function	DOMESTIC
8				Historic Function	LANDSCAPE
9				Historic Subfunction	CAMP
10				Historic Subfunction	UNDERWATER
11				Level of Significance	NATIONAL
12				Owner	PRIVATE
13				Period of Significance	1850-1874
14				Significant Year	1857