Timeline

6 April 1830 Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

24 July 1847 Mormon Pioneers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley

15 Jan 1898 Juanita Leone Leavitt born in Bunkerville, Nevada

10 Oct 1919 Juanita Leavitt marries Leonard Pulsipher who later dies only two years later in 1921.

25 May 1933 Juanita marries William Brooks

May 1859 Major James H. Carlton constructs the original cairn monument and gravesite at Mountain Meadows

1950 Juanita Brooks publishes The Mountain Meadows Massacre at age 52

April 1965 Lytle Family donates Mountain Meadows property to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

15 Sept 1990 A new monument is dedicated with support from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the State of Utah

11 Sept 1999 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