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On September 11, 1857 a group of Mormons in southwestern Utah brutally killed all the adult members of a non-Mormon wagon train on its way to California.
The wagon train consisted of two parties, one led by John T. Baker and the other by Alexander Fancher. The Baker party originated in Missouri, and the Fancher party in Arkansas. The exact number of people in the combined groups is estimated at 120, but some reports have put it as high as 140. This number consisted of men, women, and children.
The isolation of the Mormon communities (this was before the telegraph was available), incomplete news of the approaching U.S. Army, fear of non-Mormons, and other factors lead to paranoia on the part of the Mountain Meadows community.
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