Some 300 miles
south of Salt Lake
City, at the
southern tip of
the Wasatch
Mountain
foothills, lies a
five-mile-long
section of rock
and brush that
belies the name it
was given when
white men first
found it about 150
years ago.
Christened
Mountain Meadows,
the area was once
green and lush,
fed by mountain
streams that
brought snow from
the tops of the
Iron Mountains to
the floor of the
high desert some
6,000 feet above
sea level.
The Meadow, a
fertile strip of
land that marks
the divide between
the Colorado River
and the sloping
profile that forms
the Great Salt
Lake Basin, was a
popular respite
area for weary
emigrants before
they crossed the
Mojave Desert to
their new homes in
Southern
California. To
these travelers,
Mountain Meadows,
emerald and
temperate almost
all year long,
appeared like a
Garden of Eden
amid the red rocks
and scorching sand
of Utah.
(www.crimelibrary.com)
The Mountain
Meadows Massacre
site is located
approximately 30
miles
north of St.
George, Utah. The
monuments honor
those who died in
the Mountain
Meadows Massacre
of 1857. The site
is on the National
Historic Register.
Location:
From St. George,
Utah, travel north
on State Highway
18 approximately
30 miles. There is
a marked turn-off
on the west side
of the highway.
Travel to the left
and down the hill
on the gravel
road to one
monument and right
to the top of the
hill to the second
monument.
From Cedar City,
Utah, travel west
on State Highway
56 to the Beryl
Junction,
approximately 35
miles. Turn left
onto State Highway
18 and travel
south to
Enterprise, Utah,
approximately 25
miles. Continue
south on State
Highway 18 another
5 miles, there is
a marked turn-off
on the west side
of the highway.
Travel to the left
and down the hill
on the gravel
road to one
monument and right
to the top of the
hill to the second
monument.
The land
surrounding the
Massacre Site is
private property!
http://www.entradautah.com/st-george/mountain-meadows-massacre-site.html
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