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Is “American Primeval” a True Story? All About the Deadly Utah Massacre That Inspired the Netflix Miniseries (and Its Connection to 2015’s “The Revenant”)

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 ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

‘American Primeval’ and the Utah War — a historian’s take on the real men, real militias and real massacres

Though highly fictionalized and only loosely based on actual history and geography, the popular new Netflix series “American Primeval” is stirring up national interest in a long-forgotten but ...
The Denver Post

Boy Scouts to reenact the 1846-47 trek of the U.S. Army’s Mormon Battalion

BOY SCOUTS TO REENACT THE 1846-1847 TREK OF THE MORMON BATTALION OF THE U. S. ARMY The weeks of July 14 th and 28 th, several hundred Boy Scouts will take part in reenacting a 15-mile portion of the ...
Yahoo

Is “American Primeval” a True Story? All About the Deadly Utah Massacre That Inspired the Netflix Miniseries (and Its Connection to 2015’s “The Revenant”)

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 ...