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Show MONUMENT PLACED AT MASSACRE SITEj A monument marking the site of the Mountain Meadow massacre, one of the tragedies of the west, was formally for-mally dedicated by the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks association Saturday when a stone fence was built around the old rock marker, and a bronze tablet attached. The inscription on the bronze plate reads: "No. 17, erected 1932. Mountain Meadows, a favorite recruiting place on the old Spanish Trail. "In this vicinity, September 7-11, 1857, occurred one of the most lamentable la-mentable tragedies in the annals of the west. A company of about 140 Arkansas and Missouri immigrants led by Captain Charles Fancher, en route to California, was attacked by white men and Indians. All but 17, being small children, were killed. John D. Lee, who confessed participation partici-pation as leader, was legally executed execut-ed here March 23, 187!. Most of the immigrants were buried in their own defense pits. "This monument was reverently dedicated September 10, 1932, by the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association, and the people of southern south-ern Utah." |