Be: Benton County ~ The Fancher Train, The Huff Train
Car: Carroll County ~ The Baker Train (& Allen Deshazo, Millum Rush, James
                                Matthew Fancher & Robert Fancher.)
Jo: Johnson County ~ The Cameron Train, The Miller Train
Mar: Marion County ~ The Mitchell Train, The Dunlap Train, The Prewitt Train,
                                (& Wood Brothers, Richard Wilson & Lawson McIntire)
Wa: Washington County ~ The Tackett Train, The Jones Train
 

Today you will see the wagon train, and the men, women, and children who were murdered at Mountain Meadows, most often referred to collectively as the Baker-Fancher Train. This is not accurate. In addition to the Fancher Train which is the most remembered, there were other wagon trains that joined up along the way, broke off, or joined up again. Those other wagon trains included the Poteet Train, the Crooked Creek Train, the Campbell Train, the Parker Train, and the Baker Train. (Some of these trains were not involved in the Massacre.) The Baker Train, named for Captain John Twitty Baker, was the last to arrive in Utah of those who had chosen to join up and travel south together through Utah. Each Spring, thousands of wagon trains left for California and somehow the story of the Arkansas Emigrants and the Mountain Meadows Massacre has morphed into one large "Baker-Fancher Train" that left from Caravan Springs, Arkansas. Such a Train never existed. The Fancher Train, under the leadership of Captain Alexander Fancher, left from Benton County, Arkansas. The Huff Train also left from Benton County. The Poteet, Jones, Tackett Trains left from Washington County. The Baker Train left from Carroll County. The Cameron and Miller Trains left from Johnson County, while the Mitchell, Dunlap and Prewitt Trains departed from Marion County. They all left at different times and were under the organization of each individual wagon train master. There were probably individuals and elements of other wagon trains that joined these trains along their journey, as was the custom at that time. Because of this, we will never know with certainty the names of all of those who were members of the trains on the fateful day they reached Mountain Meadows, in the Utah Territory.