Lewis Lund
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brwhiz
N 39° 37.677 W 111° 38.079
12S E 445533 N 4386657
This marker is on a memorial obelisk for an 18 year-old herdsman killed by Indians.
Waymark Code: WMBRGB
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2011
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Inscribed on the stone obelisk:
Lewis
Lund
Born
Aug. 12, 1849
Killed
Near This Spot
By Indians
June 1, 1867
(below the marker)
Erected by
Sons and Daughters
of Pioneers 1925
The marker reads:
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
This monument replaces one previously erected north of town near the
site of this historic event. Over the years the original marker was weather-
eroded and vandalized
Lewis Lund, and eighteen-year-old herdsman, along with Jasper
Robertson, Swen Anderson, Albert Collard and Charles Jones were guarding
the Fountain Green settlement's stock north of town. Indians swooped down
upon the herdsmen, shooting and driving off the cattle and horses. They
shot and killed Lewis Lund. The other herdsmen escaped.
Uinta Springs Camp 1992