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ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
MASSACRE
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In September of 1857, nearly 140 Arkansas emigrants
camped near Enterprise in southwestern Utah. Local residents
had heard rumors that the U.S. Army was en route to
put down the growing Mormon movement, so the wagon train
was viewed with suspicion and animosity. The Fancher-Baker
Party was attacked without warning by Indians and later
by local Mormon militia. In all, approximately 120 people
were killed, mostly women and children. In 1877, 20
years after the mountain meadows massacre,
participant John D. Lee was
tried, convicted, and executed by a firing squad on
the very spot that the Mountain Meadows Massacre took
place. This engrossing documentary includes interviews
with historians, reenactments, and photographs that
tell all sides of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. |
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