The wagon train party was attacked by Mormon militias at Mountain Meadows, a rest stop on the Old Spanish Trail in the Utah Territory, during a time of high tensions between Utah and the U.S ...

with it being caused by rising tensions between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the United States federal government. The conflict was caused when, in an attempt to get rid of Mormon ...

To help viewers distinguish between fact and fiction, here are answers to some of the questions people have been asking: In 1857–58, Latter-day Saint settlers of Utah Territory waged a war of ...

With that announcement, Utah territory could move toward statehood, which occurred in 1896. Here’s where the U.S. Constitution comes in. Our bedrock legal document, the U.S. Constitution ...

Smith, American Primeval is a six-episode drama set in 1857 Utah Territory. The series explores the violent conflicts between Native Americans, pioneers, Mormon soldiers, and the U.S. government.

Jan 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit by Utah that argued the federal government was unconstitutionally holding onto vast, unreserved swathes of the Republican-led ...

Netflix's American Primeval is a fictional Western tale based on the Utah War of 1857, where many groups tried to seize control over the untamed Utah territory. Among these many groups, the most ...

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USU Extension is showing people how to tap and process sap from trees such as Boxelder and Bigtooth Maple, which are well-suited to the climate of the Mountain West region.

The U.S. Supreme Court early Monday denied Utah’s lawsuit to acquire management of 18.5 million acres of federally owned land. Utah filed its lawsuit against the United States government last August.

sent troops to the Utah Territory. For their part, Latter-day Saints, fearing war, grew distrustful of any outsiders. As with many Hollywood treatments of true stories, the breakout hit contains a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Bureau of Land Management land use for recreation in southern Utah near Kanab Needles Overlook run by the ...