Tragedy Spring
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tragedy-spring-188-9817372
title:
Tragedy Spring
text:
Tragedy Spring is a small alpine freshwater spring and historical site in eastern Amador County, California adjacent to Highway 88 approximately two miles west of Silver Lake. It was named after an incident on June 27, 1848, in which three Mormon men were killed adjacent to the spring, allegedly by Native Americans, and their bodies burned and buried. The names of the men were carved on a large tree in this location. The men killed were Henderson Cox (1829-1848), Ezra Hela Allen (1814-1848), and
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wiki
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_Spring
date created:
2009-04-20T21:20:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T04:02:58Z
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13
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