‘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 ...
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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 ... to make American Primeval after reading about the Utah War, a confrontation between the Mormon people and ...
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Dozens gather to remember victims of 1863 Bear River Massacre
A crowd of dozens gathered in the cold morning air to remember those who lost their lives in Jan. 29, 1863, Bear River ...
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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 ...