In June of 1869, James Davidson along with his wife and son were traveling along the Old Mormon
Road across the Mormon Mesa, headed for Utah, when they discovered they had little water. Mr.
Davidson and his wife remained and sent the son on their horse to get water. Several miners were
working at the Wash, when on June 18th, a very thin horse wandered in to water. Fearing a possible
tragedy, they backtracked finding the son, and then further back the parents, all dying of thirst.

These graves were marked on three different occassions, and finally with headstones and a large, metal
pole cross on the Mesa:

                    Father                                        Mother                                        Son
            James DAVIDSON                Maria ARMSTRONG DAVIDSON            Joseph DAVIDSON
            March 22, 1805                     February 20, 1808                               December 15, 1856
            June 12, 1869                        June 12, 1869                                      June 12, 1869