The Mountain Meadows Massacre

History

Brooks, Juanita

Brooks, Fuanita

Military

University of Oklahoma Press

In the Fall of 1857, some 120 California-bound emigrants were killed in lonely Mountain Meadows in southern Utah; only eighteen young children were spared. The men on the ground after the bloody deed took an oath that they would never mention the event again, either in public or in private. The leaders of the Mormon church also counseled silence. The first report, soon after the massacre, described it as an Indian onslaught at which a few white men were present, only one of whom, John D. Lee, was actually named.
With admirable scholarship, Mrs. Brooks has traced the background of conflict, analyzed the emotional climate at the time, pointed up the social and military organization in Utah, and revealed the forces which culminated in the great tragedy at Mountain Meadows. The result is a near-classic treatment which neither smears nor clears the participants as individuals. It portrays an atmosphere of war hysteria, whipped up by recitals of past persecutions and the vision of an approaching "army" coming to drive the Mormons from their homes.

Americas

John Doyle Lee: zealot, pioneer, builder, scapegoat (Western frontiersman series)

A.H. Clark Co

Now in its eighth printing, Emma Lee is the classic biography of one of John D. Lee's plural wives. Emma experienced the best and worst of polygamy and came as near to the Mountain Meadows Massacre as anyone could without participating firsthand.

Emma Lee (Western Text Society series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Utah State University Press

Now in its eighth printing, Emma Lee is the classic biography of one of John D. Lee's plural wives. Emma experienced the best and worst of polygamy and came as near to the Mountain Meadows Massacre as anyone could without participating firsthand.

Emma Lee

Historical

This classic biography is now in its fourth USU Press printing. It is unparalleled in providing a thorough and accurate account of John D. Lee's involvement in the tragic 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre.

John Doyle Lee

Juanita Brooks became one of the best-known historians of Mormon and Utah history. Her autobiography is a valuable source of information on early southern Utah and Mormon history.

Quicksand and Cactus

Community & Culture

Daries of Hosea Stout who kept a daily historical record of the Mormon Church and Joseph Smith and Brigham Young during the early years.

On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout

Univ of Utah Pr

Hosea Stout was a participant in the mainstream movement as the newly formed Mormon Church expanded its membership and range. He held numerous positions of responsibility in church, civic, and governmental organizations, including as officer of the militias of Illinois and Utah, attorney general of the state of Deseret and the territory of Utah, and president of the house of the Utah Territorial Legislature. Such positions gave Stout the opportunity to observe and record events of great moment in Mormon history that were outside the reach of many diarists. His records of the territorial legislature offer a more informative and detailed account of the affairs of the legislative assembly than even the official journals of that body. Yet Stout also imbues his diaries with a sense of the familiar, recounting moving experiences from his daily life. This edition of On the Mormon Frontier presents Stout’s diary in a single volume, proving that it continues to be an essential work in the study of Mormon and American history.

On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout, 1844-1889

University of Utah Press

On the ragged edge;: The life and times of Dudley Leavitt

Utah State Historical Society

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The Mountain Meadows Massacre

The Mountain Meadows Massacre

John Doyle Lee: zealot, pioneer, builder, scapegoat (Western frontiersman series)

Emma Lee (Western Text Society series)

Emma Lee

John Doyle Lee

Quicksand and Cactus

On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout

On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout, 1844-1889

On the ragged edge;: The life and times of Dudley Leavitt