Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
Identifier
39222001356265
Photo Number
#12877
Publisher
Utah State Historical Society
Date of photograph
23 March 1877
Date.original
1877-03-23
Subject
Executions; Mormon pioneers; Frontier and pioneer life; Criminals; Scapegoat
Person
Lee, John D.
Geopolitical place
Utah; Iron County
Comment
Image shows the firing squad at John D. Lee's execution. 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.