As a territory, Utah came under the direct control of Congress. Mormon leader Brigham Young was appointed territorial governor, but he resented any infringement on his authority. Young's ...

The headquarters of the LDS Church, Utah is known for its Mormon culture, stunning mountains, national parks and salt flats.

Once the home and offices of Brigham Young—who served as ... That being said, Young was not immune to personal blindness or such vices as racism. Despite early Mormonism's open racial vision, as ...

Utah possesses a complete social order, masses as well as classes, the foundations of a people as well as its proud superstructure. In the beginning of Mormonism, Brigham Young, that extraordinary ...

Kane, a non-Mormon who had advised Mormon leaders in previous ordeals, Fillmore named Brigham Young governor of the new Utah Territory. Young ran the Utah Territory much as Smith had run Nauvoo ...

A decade after “Brigham Young” was released ... Bull on the sitcom “Night Court.”) Outside of the “Mormon corridor” — Utah, Idaho and Arizona — and a few theaters in California ...

The University of Utah's new credit offer will apply to proselytizing missions for those of all faiths, as well as students ...

Like many others in the pioneer band, Brigham Young came down with "mountain ... Over the next two decades more than 60,000 Mormons would journey to the Utah Territory; thousands came by wagon ...

Audiences are devouring the grisly Netflix miniseries “American Primeval,” a work of historical fiction centered around the ...

Netflix‘s new western series American Primeval is set in 1857 Utah Territory ... tensions got so great in that area where ...