Although it is a fictional show, it is rooted in and around historical events of the day, with the Mountain Meadows massacre assuming a prominent role in the narrative. As revealed by American ...

That all changed with the darkest incident of the Mormon War, a series of attacks known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The Mormon War The massacre came about in the context of a rising conflict ...

What’s behind the media and pop culture’s longstanding fascination with Mormon violence? And how often do they get the story ...

It takes the Mountain Meadows Massacre as its jumping-off point. The show opens with the horrifying 1857 attack and uses it to explore the “violent collision of culture, religion, and community ...

Long before the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre, Latter-day Saints were understood to be savages because they allied themselves with Indigenous nations. They were accused of being too welcoming to ...

By exposing the brutality and moral contradictions that shaped the frontier, the series challenges viewers to sit with uncomfortable truths.

When producers think they can substitute tribes and locate a massacre in an entirely different part of the state, that is going too far. The true story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre ...

One stark example from that time is the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which took place in September 1857 amidst the Utah War. This event witnessed brutal attacks that culminated in over 120 emigrants ...

Seventeen children who were 6 years old or younger were spared. The Mountain Meadows Massacre stemmed from a feud between the Latter-day Saints (more commonly referred to as Mormons) and the ...

That all changed with the darkest incident of the Mormon War, a series of attacks known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The Mormon War The massacre came about in the context of a rising conflict ...