This page has downloadable photographs of the Mountain Meadows Massacre site taken in 1995, 1998 and 1999. In addition, there are links to descendants and relatives of survivors. Finally there are links to related accounts of the massacre, and a bibliography.
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Hello. My name is Terryl "Terry" Nolan Fancher and this is a brief outline with pictures of the actual site taken between October 1-3, 1995. The name Fancher fits into the story. The wagon master, Captain Alexander Fancher was my first cousin, four times removed. At the bottom of the page are email links to descendants of the survivors. You can reach me by email at
tnf49@aol.com
My Father J.K. Fancher Jr. has been a part of a group of people and government officials who were responsible for the construction of a newer monument in 1990. My Father and Mother participated in a Re-Interment Service of the remains of the victims on September 10, 1999. Pictures below are compliments of Frank Kirkman, Dixie Leavitt, Anne Leavitt, J.K. Fancher Jr. and Genevieve Fancher.
My Grandfather John Kenner Fancher was responsible for the planning of a monument in Harrison, Arkansas. It was dedicated on September 4, 1955. He visited the massacre site in the early 1960's and began a series of letters to upgrade the monument that had been dedicated at the site on September 10, 1932.
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On the left is a closeup of the new memorial at the seige site. In the middle is a picture of my Mother Genevieve Fancher at the entrance. On the right is a picture of J.K. Fancher, Jr., and Sen. Dixie Leavitt (ret.)
Preparations begin with the flag raising on the left and colors are presented on the right.
On the left the Honorable Stewart L. Udall, Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior (and John D. Lee descendant) at re-interment ceremony. In the middle is a photograph of the flags being folded. On the right, J.K. Fancher, Jr. gives the benediction at the re-interment ceremony.
On the left is a photograph of J.K. Fancher, Jr., Genevieve Fancher, Anne Leavitt, and Sen. Dixie Leavitt (Ret.). Second from the left is the choir at the dedication ceremony on Saturday, September 11, 1999. Second from the right Ron Loving makes presentation to Church of Latter Day Saints President Gordon B. Hinckley at the Dedication ceremony on Saturday, September 11, 1999. On the right Church of Latter Day Saints President Gordon B. Hinckley speaks at the Dedication ceremony on Saturday, September 11, 1999.
The following are pictures taken by Frank Kirkman at the Memorial Service at the Re-Interment of Remains of Victims. The wagon master, Captain Alexander Fancher was our first cousin, four times removed. In case you would like to get in touch with Frank Kirkman, he is also Chairman of the Jordan Reunion Committee. You can find him at the following locations:
Jordan Family homepage Frank@Kirkman.com Frank Kirkman homepage
The flag is raised over the new seige site monument.
On the left is a photo on the way to the new siege monument site. On the right Verne Lee visits with guests.
The ceremony begins with the receiving of the ossuaries.
Ron Loving, the then President of the Mountain Meadows Association presides.
Boy Scouts fold the flags in preparation for burial.
Movement of ossuaries to final resting places.
In the left photograph the man with the white shirt and hat is Glen Leonard, Church of Latter Day Saints Museum of Morman History Director. To his right is Patricia Norris, descendent of survivor Tryphena "Triffina" D. Fancher Wilson. Tryphena was a daughter of Captain Alexander Fancher. To her left is Harrison, Arkansas Chancery Court Judge Roger Logan Jr., and to his right Laverta Colvin. In the second picture from the left Robert Paul Wilson, grandson of Tryphena "Triffina" D. Fancher Wilson, and Don Baker carry one of the ossuaries to its final resting place.
On the left is a photograph taken about one and a half miles north of the cairn. The remaining bodies are on private property (where the people are standing in two separate locations) as viewed from Highway 18. These are sometimes called the upper burial sitesand are within two hundred feet of Highway 18. On the right is Diane Kirkman on the path to the 1990 Dan Sill Hill monument.
On the left is a group shot (L-R): Leland Jordan, Darlene Jordan, Jim Jordan, Diane Kirkman, Frank Kirkman. Alexander Fancher was Lee and Jim's uncle three times removed. Frank Kirkman is four times removed. Second from the left is the United States flag at the Dedication ceremony on Saturday, September 11, 1999 over the cairn. Middle, second from right, and right are pictures from the Saturday Dedication ceremony.
The photos were taken during the Re-interment ceremony on September 10, 1999 and during the Dedication ceremony on September 11, 1999. Click on the thumbnails and they will get larger. There are also two panorama shots taken from Dan Sill Hill and from Route 18.
The tablet on the left has been placed over the location of the skeletal remains of 29 individuals who died during the massacre. The picture in the middle shows a rock used by Indians to sharpen blades. It was donated by Kent Byland. The picture on the right frames the top of the new siege site monument with the Dan Sill Hill monument.
The three photographs below were part of a media package available during the Dedication ceremony on September 11, 1999. Credit goes to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for the photographs. The picture on the left is of the rock cairn created in 1932 and the plaque created in 1990. This is the way the monument looked prior to the most recent construction project. The center shot is a rendering of the new site. The photograph on the right is what the former siege site monument looked like on the inside, prior to the newly dedicated structure.
On the left is a photograph of the new siege site monument taken near the bridge. Second from the left is a photo of the new walkway to the siege site monument. Second from the right and right are additional elevation shots of the new siege site monument.
On the left is the new siege site monument and on the right is the plaque at the monument entrance.
There have been three documented burial sites associated with the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Twenty-nine skeletal remains have been interred under the new siege site monument. The other two sites are on private property that fronts on Route 18. Shown here are the two sites considered to be the upper burial sites. They are noted with 1 and 2 on the larger picture.
Shown here are three photographs of the repaired 1990 monument on Dan Sill Hill. The plaques fell over in 1998 and were repaired. The center plaque "IN MEMORIAM" broke during the fall and had to be replaced.
Two groups rendered assistance in getting the new siege site monument in place. On the left is Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. On the right is Ron Loving, the then President of the Mountain Meadows Association. The church provided the funds for the new monument.
And finally, here are two new panorama shots. Each will get substantially larger if you click inside the photographs. On the left is a panorama shot taken from the Dan Sill Hill monument looking down into the valley where some members of the wagon train were massacred. The shot looks generally north. On the right is a panorama shot taken from Route 18. The shot is looking west. There are two numerals on the larger version of the right-hand shot. Each are of locations which have been considered the upper burial sites mentioned in the Carleton Report.
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Thanks for taking a tour of the new Siege Monument at the Mountain Meadows Massacre Site in southern Utah.
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