Tragedy Spring, California

Tragedy Spring is a small alpine freshwater spring and a former settlement in eastern Amador County, California adjacent to Highway 88 approximately two miles west of Silver Lake. It was named after an incident on June 27, 1848, in which three Mormon men were killed adjacent to the spring, allegedly by Native Americans, and their bodies burned and buried. The names of the men were carved on a large tree in this location. The tree is now gone, but a plaque adjacent to the spring purports to be a replica of the carving. It reads: In the Memory of Daniel Browett Ezrah [sic] H Allen and Henderson Cox Who was supposed To have Been Murdered And Buried By Indians On the Night of the 27 of June 1848 The spring lies at an elevation of 7907 feet (2410 m).