Gold in the Black Hills... Descriptive article on the Indians' situation... Mountain Meadows Massacre...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 28, 1875  The front page has a report headed: "Gold In The Black Hills" "Fresh Discoveries--Coarser Gold, But More of It--A Crowd of Miners Coming Into the Hills".

This is followed by: "Prof. Janney's Report--The Paying Region of Large Extend--The Hills Swarming With Miners--The Real Wealth of the Region Is Farming and Timber Lands".

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On the trial for the Mountain Meadows Massacre... Depredations by the Sioux Indians...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 20, 1875  

* Mountain Meadows Massacre
* Mormons - Mormonism trial
* John D. Lee - Brigham Young
* Trial of the conspirators begins

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 lea







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Exploring Martha's Vineyard... Trial on the Mountain Meadows Massacre...

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  

John D. Lee of the Mountain Meadows Massacre...

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