Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
April 6, 1830
Mormon Pioneers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley
July 24, 1847
Mountain Meadows Massacre occurs
September 7-11, 1857
Juanita (Leone Leavitt) Brooks is born in Bunkerville, Nevada
January 15, 1898
Juanita Leavitt marries Leonard Pulsipher who later dies only two years later in 1921.
Juanita marries William Brooks
October 10, 1919
May 25, 1933
Major James H. Carlton constructs the original cairn monument and gravesite at Mountain Meadows
May 1859
Juanita Brooks publishes The Mountain Meadows Massacre at age 52
1950
Property of the Mountain Meadows site is donated to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by the Lytle Family
April 1965
August 26, 1989
Juanita Brooks dies in St. George, Utah at age 91
A new monument is dedicated with support from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the State of Utah
September 15, 1990
Dedication of the current cairn, memorial wall, and surrounding area by Gordon B. Hinckley. 1,000 descendants as well as family of Juanita and locals of the area were in attendance
September 11, 1999