Regarding John D. Lee's confession on the Mountain Meadows Massacre...
Item #707351
April 11, 1877
THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, April 11, 1877 Among the front page articles: "The Mormons--John D. Lee's Last Confession" which mentions in part: "...in regard to the last confession of John D. Lee, the Mountain Meadows murderer...The affiant also says that in the confession as published by Howard, several important facts stated by Lee, implicating Brigham Young, were om... See More
Mormons & the Mountain Meadows Massacre...
Item #705963
July 29, 1875
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 29, 1875 The bottom of page 5 has a brief article: "The Mountain Meadow Massacre - Repetition of the Effort to Save Young and Smith from Going on the Stand". The report is from
Beaver, Utah, and notes in part: "Several witnesses testified at the Mountain Meadow massacre trial...Mr. Lee's cell was searched...found to contain number articles to ... See More
On the trial for the Mountain Meadows Massacre... Depredations by the Sioux Indians...
Item #699965
July 20, 1875
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 20, 1875 The bottom of the front page has a brief report: "The Mountain Meadow Trial Fixed For Tuesday" with a dateline from Beaver, Utah.
The Mountain Meadows Massacre was a series of attacks during the Utah War that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members of an emigrant wagon train, occurring in the southern Utah Territory at Mountain Meadows. ... See More
Great on the Mountain Meadows Massacre... Nice on Walt Whitman...
Item #699963
July 24, 1875
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 24, 1875 Page 7 has a report taking over half a column headed: "Mountain Meadow Massacre" "B beginning of the Trial of Conspirators--The Testimony of a Mormon Bishop and an Eye-Witness of the Massacre--The Cruel and Cowardly Nature of the Massacre Fully Exposed". This article has much detail.
The Mountain Meadows Massacre was a series of attacks
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Exploring Martha's Vineyard... Trial on the Mountain Meadows Massacre...
Item #699962
July 27, 1875
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 27, 1875 Page 2 has more than a full column of detailed reporting headed: "A SUMMER RESORT" "Representatives Of the Indian 'tribes--A Strange Myth--Exploits of the Atlantic--A New Telegraph Cable--Advantages of the Island As A Summer Resort--The Baptist Camp Meeting".
A very early report of this now quite famous and upscale resort island just s... See More
Mountain Meadows Massacre... Pike's Peak gold mines...
Item #172284
August 13, 1859
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 13, 1859 A nice front page illustration 'The Scene of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah Territory' with article as well. Nice full page with 3 illustrations of: 'The Pike's Peak Gold Mines'. A full page illustration of "The 'Battle of Magenta' at Jones's Wood, New York". A full page illustration is comprised of... See More
John D. Lee of the Mountain Meadows Massacre...
Item #173956
August 14, 1875
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Aug. 14, 1875 Full front pg. Nast illus. of "The British Lion Loose in the House of Commons." Inside is a full pg. Nast illus. entitled "Off the scent." Full pg. illus. of "A Seltzer Water Cart-A Street Scene in Berlin, Prussia." Full pg. illus. of "Morning on the Moors." Full pg. illus. of "Up in the Crow's Nest-The Look-Out of... See More
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