No. The 1847 pioneers, for instance, “did not pull handcarts into the Great Basin,” Reeve writes. “The handcart companies ...

As for the unhealthy concentration of the like-minded religious, that has been changing, slowly, because of a marked dilution of Utah’s LDS population. More and more areas are creeping toward being ...

US government officials were not recognized by the Mormons.” Sarah went on to explain how Brigham Young and his counselors attempted to bribe the judges and her husband with gold mines, women, and ...

Turner • When the settlers in southern Utah sent a letter to Young, he told them explicitly to leave the wagon train alone. But his response arrives after everybody’s butchered.