Mountain Meadows officially becomes National Historic Landmark

Published: Sunday, Sept. 11 2011 10:40 p.m. MDT

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ENTERPRISE, UTAH — On a day when people throughout the United States were remembering the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, some 400 people gathered on a windy morning on a remote plot of ground in southern Utah to remember another tragic event on Sept. 11, 1857.

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morpunkt

Glendora, CA

I'm still waiting for the Haun's Mill massacre site in Missouri to be duly designated as a National Historic Landmark.
Any offers?

12:00 a.m. Sept. 12, 2011
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Kearns, UT

I'll bet you $10.00 that Salazar has never been to the site and has no clue where it is. Making it a monument is just fine. It is an interesting place to visit. And by the way, I agree that Haun's mill would be a fine place for an designation as More..

9:52 a.m. Sept. 12, 2011
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morpunkt

Glendora, CA

@Phranc
Of course not. However, Hollywood jumped on the opportunity to bring this story to the big screen, several years ago, but ignored the other atrocities that led to this one. It seems like one-sided exposure to me.

10:04 a.m. Sept. 12, 2011
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