Although Joseph Smith was no pacifist—he preached an ... in the context of a rising conflict between Mormon leader Brigham Young and the federal government. When the Mormons had first arrived ...

American Primeval recently premiered on Netflix. The series featured the character of Brigham Young, a controversial figure ...

Brigham Young, assumed command of the Mormon faith. Young was a wildly different character to Smith, possessed of an authoritarian streak that tipped into a dictatorial zeal. He wished to avoid ...

Audiences are devouring the grisly Netflix miniseries “American Primeval,” a work of historical fiction centered around the ...

Time to Go Mormons had been considering moving west -- beyond the borders of the United States -- since before Joseph Smith's 1844 ... in the pioneer band, Brigham Young came down with "mountain ...