UTAH HUNTERS

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Any of you folks out in Utah had a chance to
detect in the area of the Mountain Meadows
massacre?

Thanks in advance.

all have a good un........
SHERMANVILLE

 

[tulecanyon]

i do believe utah might frown upon that effort.

 

[kane23]

Twenty years ago you could detect there, it might be pretty iffy now. I found a 1840-0 half dime in the area,really wish I could search there now, I now know the exact site of their camp ground and where the actual massacre took place. I found the half dime near their camp site twenty years ago.Since I did'nt know the massacre site, I never searched there, it is about half a mile away. Kane 23

 

[tulecanyon]

it was only around twenty years ago utah admitted the site existed and placed a monument overlooking the site.
the story is, that place was once a beautiful pasture, that is why the wagon train camped there. after the massacre, the place became barren.

the wagons were circled, breastworks erected after the initial attack. after the surrender, people were marched out in a column, executed after they had a decent separation between the camp and escape routes.

juanita brooks did a text on the event, her sources were diaries and word of mouth from participants family's.

 

[kane23]

I've read every book written on Mountain meadows. The first monument was put there by the army in 1859, a permanent one was put there in the late 1930's,close to where their wagon encampment was. The juanita Brooks book was good, but"Blood of the prophets,the mountain meadows massacre" by Will bagley is the best. The newest "The massacre at mountain meadows" by Mormon historians is a good character study of some of the participants. but since the authors are LDS they leave certain things out. take care....Kane23

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Following history,
how interesting.

Thanks all, for the comments.

Is the area know as Mountain Meadow open
or is it owned by a park service?. local land
owners?, the Mormon Church?.

have a good un................
SHERMANVILLE

 

[kane23]

It is mostly owned by the mormon church,although private land owners own a small part.Most of the money was probably taken by the zealots who perpatrated the deed.....Kane23

 

[Duane B]

I searched a small part of the site about 5 years ago and found one artifact - a .52 caliber multi-ring Sharps bullet! The bullet was probably lost by the dragoon soldiers that were investigating the site in 1859. My cousin, Kent B, owns the property and he followed me every inch of the way as I made my search patterns! Kent donated the small patch of land to the LDS church where the monument is located.