Brushed metal plaque № 48944
Panaca, NV, United States
Panaca Spring. The large constant flow of warm water from this spring created the desert oasis of Meadow Valley. First noted by Manley’s ill-fated Death Valley Party in 1849, the site was cultivated in 1858 by Brigham Young’s White Mountain Mission Men, who sought a desert refuge should a federal in
vasion of Utah occur. The site was abandoned that same year, when the federal government quelled the Mormon resistance.Dependent on these spring waters, Mormons built the first permanent settlement in
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