Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
Identifier
39222001356307
Photo Number
#12881
Photographer
Leslie's Illustrated
Publisher
Utah State Historical Society
Date of photograph
14 April 1877
Date.original
1877-04-14
Subject
Executions; Mormon pioneers; Frontier and pioneer life; Criminals; Scapegoat
Person
Lee, John D.
Geopolitical place
Utah; Iron County
Comment
"The final act-The shooting of John D. Lee on the scene of his crime of twenty years ago" Leslie's Illustrated, April 14, 1877. John Doyle Lee was a Mormon pioneer, U.S. Indian Agent in Iron County, and the central figure in the tragic Mountain Meadows Massacre, in which he was executed for the crimes, 20 years afterward.