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

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 ...

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 the ...

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.

Producers openly admit the six-part series dropping Thursday is highly fictionalized. It centers around 1857 involving the Utah War, Brigham Young and the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

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 ...