Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
Identifier
39222001356315
Photo Number
#12882
Photographer
Leslie's Illustrated
Publisher
Utah State Historical Society
Date of photograph
14 April 1877
Date.original
1877-04-14
Subject
Executions; Dead bodies (Law); Mormon pioneers; Frontier and pioneer life; Criminals; Scapegoat
Person
Lee, John D.
Geopolitical place
Utah; Iron County
Comment
"John D. Lee in his coffin" 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.