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.

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 ...

In September 1857, more than 100 people on their way from Arkansas to California camped in southern Utah in a place called Mountain Meadows to rest their horses and livestock before pushing on toward ...

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 ...

The infamous and inexcusable Mountain Meadows Massacre lives on as the bloodiest stain on the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The 2008 book “Massacre at Mountain Meadows” ...

Seventy-five years ago this month, a new book drastically changed how Latter-day Saints viewed their own history: Juanita ...

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 ...

Now we bring you a story about a site in southwest Utah that took 150 years to tell the truth. It's part of our series, "Off The Mark," about the nation's fascinating and sometimes completely wrong ...

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 ...