Last updated: December 8, 2023
Place
Death's Rock
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Quick Facts
Location:
Echo Canyon, Utah
Significance:
This site is named for a fatal incident that occurred when a Mormon militiaman, during horseplay, shot and killed a fellow militiaman who was standing on the rocky crag.
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Private; Utah Department of Transportation
This site is named for a fatal incident that occurred when a Mormon militiaman, during horseplay, shot and killed a fellow militiaman who was standing on the rocky crag. The victim was the only Mormon to die in the 1857 troubles between Utah Territory and the federal government. (The only U.S. Army death, which occurred in Wyoming, resulted from a heart attack.)
Site Information
Location (Echo Canyon, Utah)
Traveling southwest (toward Echo), look for a turnout on the right marked by Summit County’s brown tour sign No. 5. Standing at the sign, turn around and look back up the canyon in the direction of Wyoming. The outcrop where the death occurred is on the left (west) side of the road.