Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles W. Penrose papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 680
Scope and Contents
Collection includes two printed pamphlets by Penrose, "Priesthood and Presidency" concerning the claims of the Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church, and "The Mountain Meadows Massacre" which includes details, statements, and testimonies of various people involved in the incident, bound together and containing some handwritten notations. Also included is a TLS to William S. Paine concerning the removal of Moses Thatcher from the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, 1915, 3 personal TLSs to Cassie Donahoo,...
Dates:
1906-1922
Joseph C. Walker papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1461
Scope and Contents
Collection includes histories, travelogues, correspondence, accounts of early settlers, a genealogical review and other genealogical information, and a chapter from Walker's memoirs. Tells of his travels, 1863-1865, family history and genealogy, Mountain Meadows Massacre, anti-Mormon sentiment in various localities, conditions in Iowa and Montana, an encounter with Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church members, origin of Montana place names, story of T.C. Everts' rescue during the...
Dates:
1864-1907