Provo River Massacre

Date: January 31, 1850 • Location: Tooele County, United States

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1850.

Ute Wars: On behalf of Utah territorial governor Brigham Young, militia leader Daniel H. Wells drafted an order for the Utah Territorial Militia to exterminate Timpanogos men deemed hostile, leading to the Provo River Massacre.

The Ute Wars were a series of conflicts between the Ute people and the United States between 1849 and 1923.