The Utah War, also known as the Mormon Rebellion, took place from May 1857 to July 1858, with it being caused by rising tensions between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the United States ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Utah’s participation in the American Civil War. A new book from the Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, "Civil War Saints" edited by Kenneth L.

In 1857–58, Latter-day Saint settlers of Utah Territory waged a war of resistance against the federal government when a newly elected U.S. president sent troops to occupy the Salt Lake Valley.

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 ...

AFFAIRS IN UTAH.; Influence of the Overland Mails on the Prospority of the Territory--Impulse Given to Farming--The War News among the Saints, &c. Share full article. May 27, 1861.

Soon afterward, the U.S. claimed the land as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War. In 1849 the Mormons, now living in Utah Territory, petitioned to enter ...

Set in 1857 amid the brutal Utah War, ... set in the Utah Territory in 1857, ... that accuracy made it very American. “America was born through war and blood and death,” he said.

Utah Lawmakers Hint at “War” in Federal ... step—arguing that the status quo could potentially “justify” civil war. ... present-day Utah, into the Utah Territory in 1850 under exclusive ...

The US Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was a defining moment in this nation’s history settling the question of slavery once and for all. It was by far the bloodiest conflict that the United ...