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.

American Primeval is fiction. But the Mountain Meadows Massacre was a real event – one with which many viewers might be ...

As you watch Netflix's "American Primeval," learn more about a key moment in the first episode: the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

American Primeval: All About the Mormon Nauvoo Legion and the Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Mountain Meadows Massacre was a series of violent attacks that occurred between September 7–11, 1857 ...

Bullets fly and arrows whiz amid screams of agony during the chaos that is the “American Primeval” treatment of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a merciless attack carried out in southern Utah ...

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.

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 ...

American Primeval has just landed on Netflix and the Western series is a fictional story set in 1857, but it is based on real events including the Mountain Meadows Massacre ...

A tense frontier. A brutal mass killing. Netflix’s newest hit miniseries, American Primeval, portrays life and grisly death in 1850s Utah—a gritty look at the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a ...

A dramatization of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre, the Netflix limited series follows Sara Rowell ... American Primeval takes place 50 years after the events of the 2015 film.