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