The Macabre Story of the Carter Family_s Last New Year_s Photo_ Utah_ 1857 – No One Survived
While often referred to as the Carter family, the tragic story of the Baker-Fancher party is one of the darkest chapters in American history. In September 1857, this group of approximately 137 Arkansas emigrants was traveling through Utah on their way to California when they were attacked and massacred at Mountain Meadows by a Mormon militia and their Paiute allies [citation:7][citation:11]. Led by John D. Lee, the attackers, under a false flag of truce, persuaded the emigrants to surrender their arms before brutally murdering over 120 men, women, and children [citation:8][citation:11]. Only…
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