Dive into the chaotic and fascinating history of the Utah War with Lindsay and Bryan. They’ll unravel how political paranoia, religious zeal, and national stereotypes collided in the 1850s, leading to guerrilla warfare, fiery rhetoric from Brigham Young, and nearly one-third of the U.S. Army marching into Utah Territory. Was it truly a “bloodless war”? How did polygamy and propaganda shape perceptions? From raids to scorched-earth tactics, this podcast explores the stranger-than-fiction events behind Netflix’s American Primeval with insights from those who consulted on the series. History has never been this wild—or this entertaining.
SHOWNOTES:
- Deseret News archivesThe Nauvoo Legion and the Prevention of the Utah War
By BRANDON J. METCALF - Bigler, David L. Forgotten Kingdom: The Mormon Theocracy in the American West, 1847-1896
- Furniss, Norman F. The Mormon Conflict, 1850-1859
- MacKinnon, William P. At Sword’s Point: A Documentary History of the Utah War
- Poll, Richard D. and William P. MacKinnon. “Causes of the Utah War Reconsidered,” Journal of Mormon History
- Schindler, Harold. Orrin Porter Rockwell: Man of God, Son of Thunder
- Bagley, Will. Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
- “The Aiken Party Executions and The Utah War, 1857-1858” by David L. Bigler
- “Lonely Bones: Leadership and Utah War Violence” by William P. MacKinnon
- “Fort Limhi: The Mormon Adventure in Oregon Territory, 1855-1858” by David L. Bigler
- “Russian Writers Look at Mormon Manners, 1857-72” by Leland A. Fetzer
- “The Utah War: The Hold Mormons Had on Utah Is Broken, 1857–1858” by Harold Schindler
- House Executive Document 71, 35th Congress
- Annual Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1857
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