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Massacre site in Utah becomes national landmark

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The southern Utah site of a pioneer-era wagon train massacre is being dedicated as a national historic landmark.

The 760-acre Mountain Meadows Massacre site becomes a monument on Sunday....

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