Brooks, Juanita Leone Leavitt Pulsipher b. January 15, 1898 d. August 26, 1989 Author. A native of Bunkerville, Nevada, she was a historian whose expertise was the American West and Mormon history. A lifetime member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, she was a graduate of the BYU and Columbia University. She later served as a member on the Board of Directors for the Utah Historical Society, for whom she also wrote numerous historical articles, family narratives, and a biographical work on her grandfather, Dudley Leavitt. She also worked as an English...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Saint George City Cemetery, Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA
Memorial, Mountain Meadows Massacre d. September 11, 1857 Massacre Site. On March 29, 1857, some 40 wagons carrying approximately 50 men, 40 women, and 50 children left Arkansas to start a new life in California. Leading the train was 45 year old Captain Alexander Fancher, with wife, Eliza, and their nine children, ranging in age from 18 months to 19 years. Joining them was John T. Baker, the 52-year-old patriarch of a clan of around 25, Jesse and Mary Dunlop and their six children, Lorenzo and Nancy Dunlap and their five children, and William Eaton...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Mountain Meadows Massacre Memorial, Mountain Meadows, Washington County, Utah, USA
b. January 15, 1898 d. August 26, 1989