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Camp Floyd, Utah Territory... More problems with the Mormons...
Camp Floyd, Utah Territory... More problems with the Mormons...
Item # 710604
September 15, 1859
NEW YORK TIIMES, Sept. 15, 1859
* Camp Floyd - Utah unrest
* U.S. military installation
* Used to monitor the Mormons
The back page has nearly a full column report relating to the Mormons, datelined: "Camp Floyd, U.T." and headed: "Interesting From Utah" "More Gross and Outrageous Murders--Alarming Condition of the Territory".
The report notes in part: "...had arrived McNeil was shot down in the street. This was Brigham's final answer...no arrests have been made...At the time the murder was committed there were a large number of Mormons surrounding Spencer..yet they made no attempt to arrest him...The Mormons are exulting over their triumphs, and applying every opprobrious epithet to the Army *& the Judiciary...A very cowardly attack was made upon Cedar Fort, a Mormon village..." and much more.
Eight pages, irregular at the spine from disbinding which does not affecting this content, a few minor edge tears with archival mends. The articles are in very good condition.
AI notes: In 1859, Camp Floyd, Utah, became a focal point of violence and unrest as tensions remained high between U.S. troops stationed there and local Mormon settlers following the Utah War. Several murders occurred that year, with suspicions and rumors implicating both soldiers and members of the Mormon community. The unsettled conditions and mutual distrust fueled lawlessness in the area, reflecting the lingering hostility from the recent military confrontation between the federal government and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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