‘American Primeval’ and the Utah War — a historian’s take on the real men, real militias and real massacres
Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific ...
The real massacre was ‘so much more brutal’ — ‘American Primeval’ and the truth about Mountain Meadows
In a "Mormon Land" podcast, a historian and a tribal leader discuss the facts and fiction in "American Primeval" ...
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There’s a true story behind American Primeval—and it’s just as grisly
The culmination of a decade of tension and mutual suspicion between Mormon pioneers and the United States government, the Mountain Meadows Massacre took place during the Utah War—a conflict some ...
Is “American Primeval” a True Story? All About the Deadly Utah Massacre That Inspired the Netflix Miniseries (and Its Connection to 2015’s “The Revenant”)
A dramatization of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre, the Netflix limited series follows Sara Rowell (Betty Glipin), a ...
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The Mountain Meadows Massacre
That all changed with the darkest incident of the Mormon War ... for Utah, and President Buchanan pardoned the Mormons for their "rebellion." But the stain of the Mountain Meadows massacre ...
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Was Abish Pratt a real person from the Utah War of 1857? Details from American Primeval, explored
While American Primeval features many real-life people like Jim Bridger (Shea Whigham), Brigham Young (Kim Coates), and Wild Bill Hickman (Alex Breaux), who were important figures during the Utah War, ...