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Show WILLIAM A. BELL, NATIONAL ARCHIVES WINTER 2013 UHQ pp 4-90_UHQ Stories/pp.4-68 12/5/12 9:38 AM Page 4 Fame Meets Infamy: The Powell Survey and Mountain Meadows Participants, 1870-1873 By RICHARd E. TuRLEy JR. ANd ERIC C. OLSON J ohn Wesley Powell took his midday meal on September 5, 1870, high on the plateau between Paragonah and Panguitch, Utah, in company with John D. Lee and Jacob Hamblin. Lee recorded that they enjoyed a “pare of Baked chickings.” “Major” Powell — as most called him in reference to his service during the Civil War— had attached himself to an expedition of some forty men headed by Brigham Young. The expedition’s goal was to visit the Mormon settlements on the Lee’s Ferry, Paria Crossing, seen Paria River and Kanab Creek. This was the from the west with Lonely Dell in first day of what would turn out to be a the center, 1872. Richard E. Turley Jr. is Assistant Church Historian and Recorder for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. He coauthored Massacre at Mountain Meadows (2008) and coedited Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Andrew Jenson and David H. Morris Collections (2009). Eric C. Olson practices law in Salt Lake City and, with Mr. Turley, spends time exploring the backcountry of southern Utah and northern Arizona. A long-time student of Mormon history, he also serves as a volunteer at the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The authors wish to thank Chad Folger, Alison K. Gainer, Allen J. Malmquist, Brandon Metcalf, Jay A. Parry, Brian Reeves, and William W. Slaughter for their assistance on this article. 4 |
