Bear River Massacre Monument

Attacks by Indians on peaceful inhabitants in this vicinity led to the final battle here on January 29, 1863, fought in deep snow and bitter cold. Scores of wounded and frozen soldiers were taken from the battlefield to the Latter-day Saint community of Franklin, where pioneer women, trained through trials and the necessities of frontier living, cared for them until they could be removed to Camp Douglas, Utah. Two Indian women and three children who were found alive after the encounter were given homes in Franklin.

Preston, Idaho · United States