Suspicion. Rebellion. Murder. The Netflix show American Primeval depicts how tensions between Mormon pioneers in Utah and the ...

But more recently, Utah’s congressional delegation took what could only be called an extraordinary step—arguing that the status quo could potentially “justify” civil war. In a friend of ...

As a territory, Utah came under the direct control of Congress ... Deseret's prospects for statehood seemed dim. During the Civil War, the U.S. government shifted its attention from the Mormons.

and the Civil War (1860-1865). Hostilities ended, and in 1890 the LDS church said there would be no new plural marriages. With that announcement, Utah territory could move toward statehood ...

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘American Primeval’ On Netflix, About The Violent, Chaotic World Of The Utah Territory In The 1850s ...