Cotter Street, Provo, as it may have looked when men from Fort Rawlins went on their spree. L'tah State Historical Society collections, gift of Boh Zabriskie.
Fort Rawlins, Utah: A Question of Mission and Means BY S T A N F O R D J. LAYTON
A OWARD MIDNIGHT, September 22, 1870, the quiet of the moonless a u t u m n evening in Provo, Utah, was shattered by a chorus of profane shouts and the sound of gunfire. Among those awakened by this uncommon noise was Bishop William Miller, city alderman, who later deposed that as he awoke and began dressing, the sound of loud p o u n d i n g on his front door reached him in his upstairs bedroom. Before he could respond several shots were fired into his
Dr. Lavton is coordinator of publications and research at the Utah State Historical Society.
