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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVI9_the-old-spanish-trail-and-the-california-road_Central-UT.html
An arduous 1,200-mile route between Santa Fe and Los Angeles, the "Old Spanish Trail" passed through Mountain Meadows during its heyday, between 1830 and 1848. The trail served traders who loaded their pack mules with woolen goods from Santa Fe ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHP_1990-mountain-meadows-monument_Central-UT.html
In Memoriam
In the valley below,between September 7 and 11, 1857,a company of more than 120 Arkansas emigrantsled by Captain John T. Baker and Captain Alexander Fancherwas attacked while en route to California.This event is known in history as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHF_the-mountain-meadows-massacre_Central-UT.html
Led by Captains John T. Baker and Alexander Fancher, a California-bound wagon train from Arkansas camped in this valley in the late summer of 1857 during the time of the so-called Utah War. In the early morning hours of September 7th, a party of l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9JI_the-burial-sites_Central-UT.html
The Baker-Fancher emigrants buried the bodies of ten men killed during the siege somewhere within the circled wagons of the encampment located west of the current monument in the valley. Most of the Baker-Fancher party died at various locations no…