1869

Events that occurred in 1869 are sorted here.

1869: In this story, two young settler brides have a violent encounter with two Native women in Weber County
August 1869: In this story, a “threatened massacre” is avoided in Plain City after a Shoshone man is beaten to death for taking a settler’s little girl
1869-70: Thomas Richins ‘thought his time to die had come’ when he was stopped and surrounded by a band of Indians while in Echo Canyon

A collection of documents, excerpts, and photographs relevant to the so-called Weber Ute people of Northern Utah. Not a complete history — research aid only.