Salt Creek Canyon Massacre - Juab County, Utah
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N 39° 42.209 W 111° 42.398
12S E 439421 N 4395086
This marker memorializes three Utah pioneers who were massacred by Indians in 1858.
Waymark Code: WMBRF2
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2011
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This monument replaces one previously erected (that crumbled through weather conditions) by Langley A. Bailey, Sr., Jacob Bowers and Henry Knowles. In memory of the following pioneers: Jens Jergensen and wife, Jens Terkelsen and Christian E. Kjerulf who were massacred by Indians, June 4, 1858, near this spot while traveling unarmed on their way to Sanpete Valley.
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