MORMON BATTALION CROSSING MEMORIAL PLAQUE
THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FROM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO. THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE APPROXIMATE SITE OF THE CROSSING OF THE COLORADO RIVER BY THE MORMON BATTALION ON 10 AND 11 JANUARY 1847.
Listing Details
- Public
- MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- 1992
- WEST 8TH STREET
- 85364
- BILL KIRCHNER
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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