Keywords

Given family massacre; Utah’s Black Hawk War; Thistle Valley, Utah; Ute Indians; Fairview, Utah

Abstract

War broke out between the white settlers of Utah and the Ute Indians in 1865. Before the whites could gather for better defense, the Ute Indians struck a house made of willows in 1865. All six members of the Given family were killed, and they were all buried in a the same wagon box in the Fairview, Utah, Cemetery.

Original Publication Citation

Winkler, A (1978). The massacre in Thistle Valley. Frontier Times, 52(3), 12-13, 40, 42-43 .

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

1978

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/3935

Publisher

Western Publications, INC.

Language

English

College

Harold B. Lee Library

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