Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific war atrocity on Sept. 11, 1857, in a valley called Mountain Meadows (which, ...

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 ...

What’s behind the media and pop culture’s longstanding fascination with Mormon violence? And how often do they get the story ...

(RNS) — What does the popular new Netflix series, “American Primeval,” get wrong about the Utah War? Just about everything. Utah historian and author Barbara Jones Brown explains why that ...

Drawing inspiration from historical events like the Utah War and the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the series offers a powerful yet embellished depiction of this chaotic period. While American ...

Nor is it a goal. The flagrant disregard of well-established historical narratives regarding the Utah War of 1857-1858 makes this a work of fictionalized history rather than historical fiction. Indeed ...

American Primeval is a Netflix miniseries set in 1857, blending historical events from the Utah War, and real figures like Brigham Young and Jim Bridger. Your comment has not been saved This ...

The series depicts the Mountain Meadows massacre during the 1857-58 Utah War. In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved in a territorial militia killed 120 American western emigrants.

The fictional Crooks Springs is likely inspired by areas near Fort Bridger, a key trading post in present-day Wyoming, and the surrounding territories involved in the Utah War (1857-1858).