Huntsman, Orson W.

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Orson W. Huntsman was a witness to the Mountain Meadows Massacre. At the age of ten, Huntsman along with another man twenty years of age, hid in the sagebrush and witnessed what occured there.

From the description of Eyewitness account of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, by Orson W. Huntsman, 1926. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228738145

Orson Welcome Huntsman was a settler in the Hebron area in southern Utah.

From the guide to the Orson W. Huntsman papers, 1891-1926, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)

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creatorOf Orson W. Huntsman papers, 1891-1926 J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division
creatorOf Huntsman, Orson W. Eyewitness account of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, by Orson W. Huntsman, 1926. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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Hebron (Utah)
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Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857
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