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View No. 1: Camp Site:
The viewer on your left is directed toward the historic campsite at the south end of the valley. This was a traditional stopping place for pack mule trains traversing the Old Spanish Trail. At this site, the Baker-Fancher Train camped in 1857 and on September 7 the initial siege of the Mountain Meadows Massacre took place. Stone monuments with plaques were erected in 1859 and 1932 and a new plaque in 1990. |