‘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 ...
There’s a true story behind American Primeval—and it’s just as grisly
Suspicion. Rebellion. Murder. The Netflix show American Primeval depicts how tensions between Mormon pioneers in Utah and the ...
Religion News Service23d
What 'American Primeval' gets wrong about Mormon — and American — history
When Mormon militiamen burned down the fort on ... Readers can learn in detail about this period of Utah history in Barbara Jones Brown’s award-winning book, Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain ...
What the tired tropes of ‘American Primeval’ get wrong about Brigham Young, early Latter-day Saints
The Netflix miniseries is a false depiction that draws on negative stereotypes, writes Matt Grow, managing director of Church ...
The New York Times1mon
THE PENAL CODE OF UTAH.; HOW A MORMON LAW REACTED ON MORMONS AND HOW IT WAS REPEALED.
Emery, of Utah, will arrive in this city to-morrow, as he left Salt Lake City Dec. 29, and that the President will not appoint his ... View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...
The Hollywood Reporter24d
‘American Primeval’ Team on Portraying the Brutal History of America’s Westward Expansion: “The Truth of This World Is Violent”
We have a long history of violence in this country ... Berg and others went to the site of the Utah massacre, which they toured with Mormon historians, and brought on Indigenous consultant Julie ...
The Independent24d
The shocking truth behind Netflix’s new massacre drama
As they cross what was then called Utah Territory – rather than the ... and remains one of the darkest chapters in the history of the Mormon Church. Yet, this act of brutal mass murder ...