St. George • Many experts agree that four mass burial sites are the final resting places of most members of a California-bound emigrant wagon train from Arkansas who were slaughtered in 1857 by Latter ...

Warning: American Primeval spoilers ahead! The only thing more horrific than the violent story of American Primeval is that it’s based on true events. A dramatization of the 1857 Mountain Meadows ...

Americans can learn valuable 21st-century lessons by studying a 19th-century crime, historian Richard E. Turley Jr. says. He outlined "Lessons We Can Learn from the Mountain Meadows Massacre" during ...

The first episode of the new Netflix series “American Primeval,” which premieres Thursday, depicts the horrific assault of Sept. 11. No, not the terror attacks ...

American Primeval is fiction. But the Mountain Meadows Massacre was a real event – one with which many viewers might be unfamiliar. The massacre took place on Sept. 11, 1857, in Utah Territory.

Netflix's "American Primeval" is inspired by the true story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The massacre is depicted in episode 1 and is the inciting incident for the main characters' journey. The ...

For years, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and descendants of the Mountain Meadows Massacre were adversaries. Those living in Utah didn't want to discuss the crime -- or ...

In April 1857, near Harrison, 120 to 150 settlers started a journey toward the promise of a better life in California. Before they could reach their destination, a party of Mormons (known formally as ...

At over 11 million members, The Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known as the Mormons, is one of the fastest growing religious movements in the world. It was founded by Joseph Smith but ...

In 1857, a Mormon army murdered over 120 settlers — and covered up their involvement for decades Warning: American Primeval spoilers ahead! The only thing more horrific than the violent story of ...