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Address:Highway 18 - 30 miles north of St. George
Dan Sill Hill, Utah
Near Pine Valley in the St. George vicinity, Mountain Meadows is the site of one of the pioneer-era's most infamous massacres, a rather dark chapter in Mormon history. The area was a common stop for pioneers on their way west. For unclear reasons, in 1857, a skirmish broke out between a California-bound wagon train full of pioneers passing through and Mormon settlers and local native American tribes, resulting in the deaths of about 120 people. Today, the church marks the site of the tragedy with a simple monument, one mile west from State Road 18.