REFERENCES ON MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE 

(MMMF Research Materials for Sharlot Hall Museum Library)

 

  CATEGORY I. -- BOOKS               

 

Index.    Mountain Meadows Monument Foundation Collection of Materials Related to Massacre. For Sharlot Hall Museum Library, Prescott, Arizona..

 

 1.           Ahmanson, John.  Secret History. Chapter 12, pages 163-179.   Translation of Vor Tids Muhamed by Gleason L. Archer.  Moody Press, Chicago.  1984.  (Written by Danish LDS apostate after leaving Utah)

 

 2.            Alexander, Thomas.  Utah, The Right Place: The Official Centennial History.  Chapter 6, pages 126-155; Chapter 16, pages 450-451.  Gibbs Smith Publishers, P.O. Box 667, Layton, Utah 84041.  1995. (This   book is a Utah Statehood Centennial Project of the Utah State Historical Society)

 

 3.            Alexander, Thomas. Brigham Young, The Quorom of the Twelve, and the Latter-Day Saint Investigation of the Mountain Meadows Massacre: Arrington Lecture No. 12. ( The investigation as viewed by a prominent Utah historian)

 

 4.            Backus, Anna Jean.  Mountain Meadows Witness  AJB Distributing, P.O. Box 970351, Orem, Utah 84097-0351 (Bishop Philip Klingensmith’s role in massace)

 

 5.            Bagley, Will.  Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Mountain Meadows Massacre.  University of Oklahoma Press,  Norman, Oklahoma.  2002.
                Well-researched and well documented book on the causes and consequences of the Mountain Meadows massacre).          

 

 6.            Baskin, R.H.  Reminiscences of Early Utah.  Chapter 10: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Resulting Investigations.  Pages 83-149.  Reprint of 1914 book.  (Baskin was Utah Supreme Court Justice during aftermath of Mountain Meadows massacre)            

 

7.             Bigler, David L. The Forgotten Kingdom:  The Mormon Theocracy in the  American West,  1847-1896.  Utah State university Press, Logan, Utah.  1998. 
                First published by Arthur H. Clark Company.  Spokane, Washington.  1998. (Bigler discusses the massacre in a context of  Utah’s struggle to establish a
                theocracy and to attain statehood).

 

8.             Birney, Hoffman.  Zealots of Zion.  Chapters VII - X, pages 134-219.  The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia.  1931. (A biography of the Church of Jesus
                Christ of Latter Day Saints)

 

9.             Brodie, Fawn. No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.  Alfred A Knopf, Inc.  New York.  ( A biography of the founder of the LDS Church)

 

10.          Brooks, Juanita.  John Doyle Lee: Zealot-Pioneer Builder-Scapegoat.  Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah.  1992.  First published by Arthur H. Clark Co. Spokane, Washington.  (A good biography of the man executed for his role in the massacre)               

 

11.          Brooks.  Emma Lee. Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah. 1978.  (Life story of English wife of John D. Lee)

 

12.          Brooks, Juanita.  The Mountain Meadows Massacre.  University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma.  1970. (Mormon author and widely accepted as the
                definitive work on   Mountain Meadows since 1950).

 

13.          Buchanan, President James.  Message of the President of the United States: Communicating Information in Relation to the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
                and Other Massacres in the Utah Territory. 1860.

 

14.          Capurro, Wayne Atilio.  White Flag.   Author House.  1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403. 2007.(Novel by great-grandson of Philip
                Klingensmith that  is based on his lifetime of research)

 

15.          Cradlebaugh, Hon. John M. "Utah and the Mormons."  Speech on the Admission of Utah as a State, delivered in the House of Representatives.  Feb. 7, 1863.
                (Judge John Cradlebaugh sought to bring justice in the aftermath of Mountain Meadows in 1859, but was stymied by   local politics.  Four years later, he gave
                this speech to Congress in an effort to keep Utah from achieving statehood because of lawlessness in the Territory)

 

16.          Cuch, Forest S.  A History of Utah’s American Indians.  Utah Division of Indian Affairs and           the Utah Division of State History.  2000. (Forest Cuch is the Director of Indian Affairs in             Utah) 

 

17.          DeLafosse, Peter H.  Trailing the Pioneers.  Utah State University Press.  Logan, UT 84322-

                7800.  1994. (Details early trails across Utah Territory some of which had great

                significance to the Fancher wagon train)

 

18.          Denton, Sally.  American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 11, 1857.    Knopf Publishing Company.  June 2003. (A compelling book on the massacre by a well-        established author). 

 

19.          Dunn, J.P., Jr.  Massacres of the Mountains: A History of the Indian Wars of the Far West, 1815-1875.  Chapter X, pages 273-323.  Stackpole Books .  2002.  Reprint of  1886 copyright by Harper & Brothers.  (Presents the Mountain Meadows massacre in the context of  great Indian massacres in the West)

 

20.          Fancher, Burr.  Westward With the Sun.  Part II, Chapter 6, pages 241-267.  Fancher & Associates, 5890 NW Primrose, Albany, OR 97321.   1999.  (Pre-history of grazing and           graziers; and the westward migration of man in a quest for green grass, including Captain Alexander Fancher’s three trips across the plains and the massacre from the perspective of a         family member).

 

 21.         Fancher, Burr.  Captain Alexander Fancher.  Inkwater Press, 6750 SW Franklin Street, Suite   A, Portland, Oregon 97223-2542.  2006.  (Chronicles the life of Captain Alexander Fancher             who was wagon master of the ill-fated train)

 

 22.         Farley, Steven E. The Mormon Mountain Meadows: From the Diary of John I. Ginn. 1st Books     Library. 2003. ( From the diary of Captain John I. Ginn)

 

                                23.          Fletcher, Jack Earl & Patricia, and Whiteley, Lee.  Cherokee Trail Diaries: Volume III 1851-                                                      1900.  Chapter 6, pages 153-209.  Fletcher Family Trust, 730 Three Crabs Road, Sequim,                                                              WA 98382-7851.  2001.   (Detailed descriptions and maps of Cherokee Trail traveled by the                                                           Fancher wagon train)

 

 24.         Foote, Kenneth E.  Shadowed Ground: America’s Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy.                  Chapter 7, pages 214-264.  University of Texas Press.  Austin, Texas.  1997. (Foote describes          how Americans react to national tragedies by sanctification, designation, rectification, and          obliteration of sites where tragedies occurred.  Long-term treatment of the Mountain       Meadows site is discussed along with the Texas Revolution, Chicago Fire, and Ft. Dearborn      massacre)

 

25.          Freeman, Judith.  Red Water.  Pantheon Books, New York. 2002 .  (Novel on the Mountain              Meadows massacre written from point of view of three of John D. Lee’s wives)

 

26.          Garner, Hugh.  A Mormon Rebel: The Life and Travels of Frederick Gardiner.  Page 114.             University of Utah Tanner Trust Fund.  Salt Lake City.  1993.  ( Gardiner was a physician               who accompanied army contingent who transported children to Ft. Leavenworth where they    met William Mitchell)

 

27.          Gibbs, Josiah  F.  The Mountain Meadows Massacre.  Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Co.                1910.  (Gibbs lived in Salt lake at the time of the massacre and played marbles with one of        the survivors)

 

28.          Hamblin, Jacob.  Jacob Hamblin: His life in His Own Words.  Paramount Books. Utah.    1995. (Hamblin was the landowner where the massacre occurred; involved in recovering the          17 surviving children; and testified at John D. Lee’s trial.)

 

 29.         Hatch, William W.   When Push Came to Shove,   Inkwater Press, 6750 SW Franklin Street,

                Suite A, Portland, Oregon 97223-2542.  2005.  ( Dr. Hatch details some of the problems encountered by early day Mormons in the South prior to the massacre.)

               

 30.         Hickman, William (Bill).  Brigham's Destroying Angel: Confession of Bill Hickman.  Shepard     Publishing Co., Salt Lake City,  Utah.  Photomechanical reproduction of 1904 edition by            Utah Lighthouse Ministry.  (Hickman was Brigham Young’s “Avenging Angel” who           allegedly followed orders to murder several people.  Hickman wrote his confessions after                having a falling out with Brigham Young.)

 

31.          Hulse, Rocky. When Salt Lake City Calls: Is there a conflict between Mormonism and public       trust?  Chapter 9: Mountain Meadows Massacre. Pages 239-267. Xulon Press.2007.

 

32           Kelsey, Michael R.  Hiking and Exploring the Paria River:  John D. Lee and the Mountain ..        Meadows Massacre.  3rd Edition.  Pages 182-193.  Kelsey Publishing, 456 E. 100 North,               Provo,     UT84606.  (Maps and detailed description of area near Lee’s Ferry where John D.                Lee operated the Colorado River ferry, including a version of the massacre)

 

33.          Krakauer, Jon.  Under The Banner Of Heaven.  Pages 208-225.  Doubleday.  2003.(Explores          violence in the Mormon Church including the Mountain Meadows massacre)

 

34.          Lavender, David Sievert.    The Great West.    Chapter XI: The Great Prize, pages 324- 357.             Mariner Books\Houghton Mifflin Company.  1999.  First copyrighted in 1965.  (Mountain              Meadows massacre is discussed in the context of larger issue of western settlement)

 

 35.         Larson, Charles M. Destroying Angel. Zyrus Press. 2008.

 

36.        Lee, John Doyle.  Mormonism Unveiled or The Life and Confessions of John D. Lee, the Mormon.  Barclay and Company, Philadelphia.  1872.  Reprinted in 2001 by Fierra blanca publications, Albuquerque, New Mexico.  (Lee wrote his confessions after being sentenced to death for his role in the massacre)  

 

 37.         Loewen, James W.  Lies Across America.  Chapter 13, pages 93-99.  Touchstone, Rockefeller        Center, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10020.  1999.  (Explains how our     national historical markers are misleading and historically inaccurate). 

 

38.          McMurtry, Larry. Oh What A Slaughter.  Pages 63-90.  Simon & Schuster, Rockefeller                 Center, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.  2005.  (Author of Lonesome                 Dove writes of several massacres, including the one at Mountain Meadows).

 

39.          Novak, Shannon. House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows                 Massacre.  University of Utah Press.  2008. (Dr. Shannon Novak is the forensic archaeologist              who examined the remains of massacre victims unearthed in a grave restoration project in              1999)

 

 40          Ostling, Richard N.  and Ostling, Jane.  Mormon America: The Power and the Promise.                 Pages 54-55, 86, 230, 252.  Harper Collins Publishing, 10 E 53rd Street, New York, NY    10022.  1999.  (Associated Press writer Richard Ostling and freelance writer Joan Ostling            write about the massacre in the broad context of the growth and influence of the LDS        Church).

 

41.          Parker, Terrance. All Who Can Tell.  ROMANS, 24 Kings Road, Salisbury SP1 3AD, United        Kingdom.  2008. (British author summarizes the massacre in the broader context of war and        violence based on his experiences in the British military and living in India.)

  

 42.         Penrose, Elder Charles W.  The Mountain Meadows Massacre.  1884.  Classic Reprint Series #42.  Eborn Books, Box 559, Roy, Utah 84067.  (Mormon Apostle account of the massacre.  Elder Penrose defends Brigham Young in regard to the Mountain Meadows massacre).

 

43.          Quinn, Michael. The Mormon Heiarchy: Origins of Power.  Signature Books.  1994 (Explains the organizational structure of the LDS Church)

 

44.         Rea, Ralph R.  Boone County and Its People. Chapter IV: Carrollton, Crooked Creek and Death on the Meadows.  Pages 37-58.  The Press-Argus, Van Buren, Arkansas.  1955.  (History as told by a historian of the area where the wagon train originated).

 

45.       Readers Digest.  Story of the Great American West.  Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.  1977.  Chapter 6: The Great Rush West, pages 176-207.   1987.  (Mountain Meadows massacre is discussed in wider context of western settlement and the Gold Rush).

 

46.       Reilly, P.T. Lee’s Ferry: From Mormon Crossing to National Park. Utah State University Press. Logan, Utah. 1999.

 

  47.        Schutter, Carole Whang. September Dawn.  Authorhouse.  Bloomington, Indiana. 2007.  ( A novel based on 2007 movie “September Dawn” and written by the same lady who wrote the screen play for the movie.)

 

 48.         Shirts, Morris A. and Shirts, Kathryn H.  A Trial Furnace: Southern Utah’s Iron Mission..            Chapters 14 & 15.  Brigham Young University press, Provo, Utah. 1948. (Mormon authors explain the iron making attempts by the pioneers of Southern Utah and how it related to the     Mountain Meadows massacre).

 

  49.        Stenhouse, T.B.H.  Rocky Mountain Saints.  Chapter XLIII,  pages 424-449.  D. Appleton & Company, New York.  1873.  Reprint of 1873 Edition by Utah Lighthouse Ministry, P.O. Box 1884, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110.  (History of the Mormons from the first vision of Joseph Smith to the last courtship of Brigham Young, with Chapter XLIII devoted to the Mountain Meadows massacre).

 

  50.        Stenhouse, Fanny.  Tell It All: The Story of a Life’s Experience in MORMONISM.  Chapter XXXIII, pages 324-339.  A.D. Worthington & Co.,  Chicago, Illinois.  1875.  Reprint by Utah Lighthouse Ministry, P.O. Box 1884, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110.  (Autobiography of  an ex-Mormon with foreword by Harriet Beecher Stowe).  

 

              51.            Stone, Irving.  Men to Match My Mountains.  Doubleday & Company, New York.  1956.                  (Western historian Irving Stone writes chapter on massacre as a piece of the history of the   development of California, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah with good background on Mormon             settlement of Utah throughout the book).      

 

52.        Turley, Richard E., Leonard, Glen and Walker, Ron W.   Massacre at Mountain Meadows.            Oxford University Press. 2008. (LDS Church version of the massacre written by church         historians).

 

53.        Twain, Mark.  Roughing It.  Appendix B: The Mountain Meadows Massacre. pages 550-553.      Penguin Putman Inc. 1992.  First published in 1872 by Harper & Row.  (Mark Twain         traveled the West in Gold Rush times and wrote his version of the massacre).

 

  54.        Udall, Stewart L.  The Forgotten Founders: Rethinking the History of the Old West. Chapter 2, pages 63-73.   Island press/Shearwater Books. Washington.  2002.  (Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and descendant of John D. Lee gives his take on the massacre).

 

  55.        University of Arkansas Press.  Arkansas History For Young People.  Fourth Edition. Pages           200-202.  Fayetteville, Arkansas.  2007.  (The newly revised textbook returns the massacre     Arkansas History classrooms for the first time in over 50 years)

 

  56.        Walker, Dale L.  Legends and Lies: Great Mysteries of the American West.  Chapter 9, pages        205-228.  Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.  1997.

                (Walker makes the point that hard questions about Mountain Meadows remain unasked and unanswered)

 

  57.        Wise, William.  Massacre at Mountain Meadows.  IUniverse.com, Inc. Lincoln, Nebraska.  2000.  Originally published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, NY.  1976.  (A full treatment of the massacre with a great deal of emphasis placed on Malinda Cameron’s deposition)

 

  58.        Young, Brigham.  The Essential Brigham Young. Signature Press. 1992.  (Contains 25 of the       most significant sermons by Young).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CATEGORY II -- RELATED DOCUMENTS IN 1/2” NOTEBOOKS/      

                                PLASTIC SLIP COVERS

 

59.         Bagley, Will.  Survivor’s Accounts of Mountain Meadows Massacre.  (Several of the       

               surviving orphans gave their accounts of the massacre,  based on childhood memories of the  

               event)

 

60.          Bagley, Will.  An indexed collection of 184 pages of news articles related to the Mountain            Meadows Massacre. October 1857-present.  (News articles commencing three weeks after     massacre and continuing to current times)

 

61.          Bancroft, Hubert Howe.  Bancroft’s History of Utah 1540-1886.  Chapter XX:  The           Mountain Meadows Massacre.  Pages 543-571.  Books on-line from Utah Lighthouse            Ministry.  (Western historian Bancroft discusses the Mountain Meadows massacre in a         comprehensive history of Utah.)

 

62.          Beadle, J.H.  Life in Utah.  Chapter 6: The Bloody Period. Pages 177-187.  National

Publishing Company. Philadelphia.  1870.

 

63.          Berryville Middle School.  A New Generation Looks at Mountain Meadows Massacre. Sixth        Grade Class, Berryville Middle School.  2003-2004.

 

64.          Boone County Historian.  A Pilgrimage to Local places Connected to the History of the

              Mountain Meadows Massacre.  Volume XXIV No. II.  Harrison, Arkansas.  April-June 2001

 

65.          Carleton, Brevet Major James Henry.  Mountain Meadows Massacre: Special Report from 1902  (Major Carleton and his dragoons buried the remains from the massacre in 1859 and described the situation in detail).

 

66.          Carroll County Historical  Quarterly.  150th Memorial Service – Mountain Meadows, Utah,

                Volume 52, No. 3,  pages 19-24.  September 2007. (Professor Larry Coates of Ricks College         in Rexburg, Idaho describes how  he and Ron Loving handled the bones of massacre victims                after being unearthed by a backhoe in 1999)

 

67.          Clampitt, John W. (Counselor of Law).  Echoes of the Rocky Mountains, Chapter XXV: The          Mountain Meadows Massacre,  pages 368-389.  A.A. Lindsay Publishing Company, Kansas     City, Missouri.  1880.

 

68.          Clark, William. A Trip Across the Plains in 1857. The Iowa Journal of History and Politics.           Published Quarterly by The State Historical Society of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa. April 1922.    (Account by the first wagon train to pass through the Mountain Meadows after the                 massacre.)

 

69.          Crawford County Genealogical Society, Inc. Panning for Nuggets of Old. Volume 28, No. 2,           pages 17-20, 22-36. 614 Fayetteville Avenue, Alma, Arkansas. Fall Quarterly 2007. (Article      on death of Apostle Parley Pratt in Crawford County and a separate article on the Mountain      Meadows Massacre)

 

70.          Denton, Sally.  What Happened at Mountain Meadows?  American Heritage.  Pages 77-85.          October 2001.

 

71.          Eakin, Emily.  Reopening a Mormon Murder Mystery. New York Times. October 12, 2002.

 

72.          Fancher, Burr.  Power Point Presentation.  Overview of Mountain Meadows massacre.  2007.

 

73.          Fancher, Burr.  Story of Captain Lynch & Sarah Dunlap.  2000. (The most touching story to come out of the massacre was the eventual love affair between the wounded Sarah Dunlap and the                man who rescued her, Captain James Lynch.  The marriage took place when Sarah was 38 years old and Captain Lynch was 74.)

 

74.          Forney, Dr. Jacob.  News Article from Weekly Stockton Democrat.  Sunday, June 5, 1859.              (Dr. Forney arrives in Salt Lake City with the survivors of the massacre).

 

75.          Gremaux, Cheryl/Will Bagley.  The Cameron (Camron) Family.  Includes deposition of                  Malinda Camron Scott Thurston.  (Malinda Cameron left the wagon train with her husband      at Salt Lake City and traveled the Humboldt route.  Her parents and siblings were killed at        Mountain Meadows.  Malinda sued the government for property loss but lost after 34 years              of legal                 struggle.  Her deposition reveals insight into the character of the wagon train.)

 

76.          Hatch, Mallorie.  Finding a Voice after Violence: Porytrayls of the Mountain Meadows                 Massacre in Utah History Textbooks.  ( A Senior Honor Thesis submitted to University of              Utah in 2004.)

 

77.          Huntington, Dimick B.  Journal of 1857.  Taken from microfilm copy of original in LDS Historians Library SLC.  Edited by Will Bagley.  April 1989.  (Entries in the journal of Brigham Young’s translator reveal that Young encouraged Indians to steal cattle from the Fancher train)

 

78.          Hurt, Dr. Garland H.  Indians of Utah, Appendix O.  1860.  (Dr. Hurt was a farmer to the Indians an first to report involvement of Mormonsin massacre.)

 

79.          Hurt, Dr. Garland H.  Letters from Nevada Indian Agents. 1857. 

                 (explains Dr. Hurt’s role in teaching Indians how to farm before the massacre)

 

80.          Illinois State Archives.  The Black Hawk War:  1831-32    (Roster of  two companies of   Black Hawk War which lists Alexander Fancher, Isaac Fancher, and John Doyle Lee in the     3rd Brigade of Illinois Militia)

 

81.          Irwin, Ray W.  The Mountain Meadows Massacre.  The Arkansas Historical Quarterly.                 Volume IX, No. 1.  Spring 1950.  (Copy obtained from Arkansas Historical Quarterly)

 

82.          Kentbooks.com.  Chronology of Actions Related to The Massacre at Mountain Meadows.

(Important historical dates related to massacre in chronological order)

 

83.          Lee, John D.  Last Words at Execution.  1877.   (Lee’s final words before being shot for his            part in the massacre)

 

84.          Lynch, James.  Affidavit Regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre.  July 27, 1859.  The          Nevada Observer Online State News Journal.  http://www.nevadaobserver.com

 

85.          Mountain Meadows Memorial Committee.  "Mountain Meadows Memorial Dedication   Ceremonies."  Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, Utah.  September 15, 1990.          (Program at dedication of Dan Sill Hill monument to victims of massacre)

 

86.          Mountain Meadows Monument Foundation, Inc.  Newsletter to Membership.  September   2007.  (Newsletter explaining activities at 150th anniversary commemoration at Mountain       Meadows)

 

87.        National Archives.  "Depositions from Relatives of Massacre Victims."  Edited from microfilm of  Territorial Papers of the United States Senate 1789-1873, Roll 15, Utah December 31, 1849-June 11, 1870.  Edited by Ron Loving.   (These depositions were taken from Arkansas relatives in regard to how much property left Arkansas on the wagon train)

 

88.        Novak, Shannon and Kopp, Derinna. To Feed a Tree in Zion.  Osteological Analysis of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre. 2003.   

 

89.        Novak, Shannon and Rudseth, Lars.  Remembering Mountain Meadows: Collective Violence and the Manipulation of Social Boundaries.  Journal of Anthropological Research.  Volume 62, Number 1.  Spring 2006.

 

90.        Osgood, W.H. Letter to State of Utah on Behalf of William Twitty Baker. Leslie, Arkansas. January 19, 1933.

 

91.          Parker, B.J.  Recollections of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.  Fred W. Reed, American           Printer, Plano, California.  1901. (B.J. Parker led a wagon train and cattle drive along the                same trail as the Fancher train, arriving in Salt Lake City one day after the Fancher train       left that city)

 

92.          Roberts, David. The Brink of War. Smithsonian Magazine. Pages 44-51. June 2008.

 

93.          Salt Lake Tribune.  Articles on Mountain Meadows at the time of the accidental unearthing            of massacre victims  in 1999.

 

94.          Smith, Earl L.  A Rendezvous With Destiny.  1950.  (Earl Smith did on-site research,        including aerial survey, at Mountain Meadows in 1950 and wrote this account of the            tragedy)

 

95.          State of Utah.  Application for National Register of Historic Places for Mountain Meadows.         (Note: This original application was based on several thousand acres of  land, assuring that      it could never be placed under federal stewardship because of the diverse ownership of the lands involved)

 

96.          St. Louis Post Dispatch.  Children of the Massacre: May Meet in Reunion.  St. Louis,      Missouri.  July 1893.

 

97.          Sowers.  Report on 1901 Flood at Carleton Cairn. 1902.  (A federal agent reports on the               washout of the Carleton grave site and theft of skulls by souvenir hunters in 1901)

 

98.       _______.  Story of Life of John Twitty Baker.  (John Twitty Baker was co-captain in charge of the cattle herd of the Fancher wagon train massacred at Mountain Meadows)

 

99.       Temple, William Bedford.  Letters written from Oregon Trail.  1850.  (These letters place Captain Alexander and John Fancher on the Little Blue River in Northeastern Kansas in their 1850 cattle drive to California. Contributed by Will Bagley)

 

 100.       Willeman, Sarah B.  The Mountain Meadows Massacre:  A Crime And A Mystery.  The                 Concord Review: Emerson Essays.  http://www.ter.org/mountainmeadows.html

               

 101.       Young, Brigham.  Deposition on Mountain Meadows Massacre.  1875.  (This deposition was         given by Brigham Young, claiming that ill health precluded giving oral testimony on       Mountain Meadows)

 

 102.       Young, Brigham.  Letter to William Cox.  (Brigham Young explaining that the massacre was         carried out by Indians.)

 

 

 


CATEGORY III – MAGAZINE ARTICLES FROM WESTERN PUBLICATIONS                

 

103.       Bagley, Will.  Why I Know Brigham Young Did It.  True West. April 2003.

 

104.       Bagley, Will.  Rescue of the Mountain Meadows Orphans.  Wild West. February 2005.

 

105.       Bagley, Will.  Big Trouble: The Legacy of Mountain Meadows.  Wild West. October 2007.

 

106.        Bradbury, Eunice. Bloody Road to California.  Frontier Times. July 1978.

 

107.        Harrison, John H.  The Day the Mormons Found the End of the Blood Trail.  Frontier West.        April 1975.

 

108.        Hebner, Logan.  Angry and Thirsting for Blood’ Indians have been blamed for the Mountain        Meadows Massacre.  Wild West. February 2005.

 

109.        Rohrbacher, Richard W. The Mountain Meadows Massacre. Dogtown Territorial            Quarterly. Summer 1994.

 

110.        Sasser, Charles W.  Massacre at Mountain Meadows. Old West. Fall 1989.

 

111.        Walker, Dale L.  Death of the Fancher Train.  Real West. January 1980.

 

 


CATEGORY IV -- RELATED MATERIALS  -CDs, DVDs, Videos, Photos             

 

112.        Computer CD:   Ballad of Mountain Meadows.  (Words of this ballad were developed and sung by soldiers who buried the victims of the massacre in 1859.  These words were set to music by Pete Moore in 2000.) 

 

113.        Computer CD:  Mountain Meadows References, Maps, Tables  and Photos..

 

114.        Computer CD: Mountain Meadows Massacre Materials for May 3, 2007  Press Conference in Hollywood, California.  ( Includes materials related to Mountain Meadows Monument Foundation, MMMF materials related to projects, and Mountain Meadows related historical documents.)

 

115.        Video: Investigating History: Mountain Massacre.  New Video, 126 Fifth Avenue,  New York,        NY 10011.

 

116.        DVD: Investigating History: Mormon Rebellion.  New Video, 126 Fifth Avenue,  New York,           NY 10011.

 

117.        DVD:  Patrick, Brian. Burying the Past: Legacy of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.    Patrick Film Productions. www.buryingthepast.com

 

118.        DVD: September Dawn.  Video of the moie depicting the Mountain Meadows massacre as                played by Jon Voight, Shaun johnston, Tamarra Hope, Terrence Stamp and others.

 

119.        MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MASSACRE  (2” notebook with acid-free sheet protectors.  Includes electronic .jpeg files and paper copies)

                Map 1                     Route of Fancher-Baker Train from Arkansas to Utah

                Map 2                     Route of wagon train through Utah

                Table 1                   Major family groups on wagon train and possessions

                Table 2                   Cattle drovers and bull whackers on wagon train

                Photo 1                  Captain James Lynch ( helped Dr. Forney in recovering children)

                Photo 2                  John Higbee (gave signal to start massacre)

                Photo 3                  Dr. Garland Hurt (non-Mormon who ran Indian Farm at Corn Creek)

                Photo 4                  Judge Cradlebaugh (he tried to bring justice in 1859)

                Photo 5                  Old rock cairn at Mountain Meadows

                Photo 6                  Newly restored grave at Mountain Meadows

                Photo 7                  Baker Family wreath at Mountain Meadows on 9/11/07

                Photo 8                  LDS sign at Mountain Meadows

                Photo 9                  Fancher wagon at Mountain Meadows on 9/11/07

                Photo 10                Along Fancher Creek in Tulare County, intended destination

                Photo 11                Brigham Young (Prophet, Governor of Utah Territory)

                Photo 12                George A. Smith (second in command to Brigham Young)

                Photo 13                John D. Lee ( man who was executed for massacre)

                Photo 14                Engraving from T.B.H. Stenhouse book

                Photo 15                Depiction of grave in 1859

                Photo 16                Sarah Dunlap Lynch (survivor)

                Photo 17                Rebecca Dunlap Evins (survivor)

                Photo 18                Louisa Dunlap Linton (survivor)

                Photo 19                Kit Carson Fancher (survivor)

                Photo 20                Triphena Fancher Wilson (survivor)

                Photo 21                Martha Elizabeth Baker Terry (survivor)

                Photo 22                Sarah Frances Baker Gladden Mitchell (survivor)

                Photo 23                William Twitty Baker (survivor)

                Photo 24                Nancy Saphrona Huff Cates (survivor)

                Photo 25                Captain James Lynch’s grave stone (man who recovered children)

                Photo 26                Malinda Cameron Scott Thurston (left wagon train at Salt Lake City)

                Photo 27                Buttons from grave dug up in 1999

                Photo 28                Sign at Caravan spring

                Photo 29                Restored grave at Mountain Meadows

                Photo 30                Site of wagon corral at Mountain Meadows

                Photo 31                Lee scroll dug up at Lee’s Ferry

                Photo 32                Old Carrollton sign on Highway 412

                Photo 33                Yell Lodge and Mountain Meadows memorial

                Photo 34                Replica of Carleton grave at Carrollton

                Photo 35                Mountain Meadows monument on Harrison town square

                Photo 36                Upper grave site markers before it was vandalized

                Photo 37                William Henry Tackitt (survivor)

                Photo 38                2005 MMMF dedication of Carleton replica at carrollton

                Photo 39                2006 MMMF wagon train event in Arkansas

                Photo 40                2007 MMMF Dedication of Butler Center collection of materials

                Photo 41                2007 Encampment at Beller Spring

                Photo 42                2007 150th Anniversary Commemoration at Mountain Meadows, Utah

                Photo 43                Brevet Major James Henry Carleton who buried remains in 1859

                Photo 44                Cover of newly revised Arkansas History textbookwith MMM chapter

                Photo 45                Ira Hatch (Mormon who tracked down and killed wagon train scouts

                Photo 46                Base of replica of Carleton grave at Carrollton

                Photo 47                Replica of rock carved by Carleton’s troops

                Photo 48                Cedar 4’ x 8” interpretative sign at Carrollton replica

                Photo 49                Descendant group with Jon Voight September Dawn primere- Hollywood

                Photo 50                Descendant group attend September Dawn -Lyric Theater in  Arkansas

                Photo 51                Example of 15 survivor grave markers placed by MMMF

                Photo 52                One of 17 plaques placed in Yell Lodge by MMMF

                Photo 53                Rutha Dulap Lewis was half-sister to Jesse and Lorenzo Dunlap

                Photo 54                Cedar City Tithing Office where clothing from emigrants was kept

                Photo 55                Nephi Johnson supervised killing of women and children

                Photo 56                William Stewart killed William Aden when he rode out for help

                Photo 57                Benjamin Abel Arthur assisted William Stewart in killing William Aiden

                Photo 58                David Wilson Tullis worked for Jacob Hamblin at Mountain Meadows

                Photo 59                William Lehi Bateman carried the white flag into the besieged camp

                Photo 60                LDS Church officials visit Arkansas to meet with descendants of wagon                                                               train victims

                Photo 61                MMMF Members dedicate library materials to Oregon-California Trails                                                             Association Library in Independence, Missouri on May 21, 2008

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