The Mountain Meadows Massacre
Awakening Ghosts of the Past
Rupert Cornwell
It was September 11, a crystal-clear morning with the first hint of autumn, as though a cynical, mocking God had set the stage for what would be the worst act of religiously inspired terrorism in US history.
Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
Will Bagley
Excellent history of the Mormon massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857. (550 pages)
Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy
Walker, Turley and Leonard
Another excellent history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. (447 pages)
With Only God Left as a Witness
John Anderson
What led to an 1857 massacre in Utah is still in dispute,
and a new film seems to renew the controversy. Interesting article published January 26, 2006 in The New York Times.
Scholars Discuss 3 LDS Authors' Massacre Account
Peggy Fletcher Stack
Excellent indepth article published in The Salt Lake Tribune on May 26, 2007.
Mountain Meadows Group Wants Church Out
Jennifer Dobner
Descendants of the 120-member Arkansas immigrant party slaughtered in southern Utah by pioneer Mormon settlers say their plea for federal stewardship of the Mountain Meadows mass grave site has been rejected.
Mountain Meadows Reconciliation
Daily Herald
The LDS Church has rebuffed a request by descendants of the victims of the Mountain Meadows massacre that the site of the infamous murders of some 100-140 Arkansas immigrants be placed under federal stewardship.
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