In a "Mormon Land" podcast, a historian and a tribal leader discuss the facts and fiction in "American Primeval" ...

Historian Janiece Johnson explains why "American Primeval" falls short in helping viewers understand the Old West, including ...

Although it is a fictional show, it is rooted in and around historical events of the day, with the Mountain Meadows massacre assuming a prominent role in the narrative. As revealed by American ...

That all changed with the darkest incident of the Mormon War, a series of attacks known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The Mormon War The massacre came about in the context of a rising conflict ...

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

By exposing the brutality and moral contradictions that shaped the frontier, the series challenges viewers to sit with ...

Seventeen children who were 6 years old or younger were spared. The Mountain Meadows Massacre stemmed from a feud between the Latter-day Saints (more commonly referred to as Mormons) and the ...

One stark example from that time is the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which took place in September 1857 amidst the Utah War. This event witnessed brutal attacks that culminated in over 120 emigrants ...

Bullets fly and arrows whiz amid screams of agony during the chaos that is the “American Primeval” treatment of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a merciless attack carried out in southern Utah ...

That all changed with the darkest incident of the Mormon War, a series of attacks known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The Mormon War The massacre came about in the context of a rising conflict ...