with its members serving in all American conflicts since the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). The Mormon military service is also unique in American history because the LDS Church has fielded ...

When Mormon militiamen burned down the fort on Oct. 7, 1857, they did so to thwart the approaching troops during the Utah War. In “American Primeval,” the Mormons purchase and burn down the ...

The Mormon War The massacre came about in the ... but the U.S. soon claimed the land after the Mexican-American War. The Compromise of 1850 made Utah a U.S. territory. Brigham Young was appointed ...

But there was no war, at least not in the sense of ... author of Forgotten Kingdom: The Mormon Theocracy in the American West, 1847-1896. In addition, he says, "they believed the forefathers ...

It is, as everyone knows, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or, more familiarly, the Mormon Church. Fully half of Utah’s half-million souls are Mormons. The history and commercial ...

Utah is joining in the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride warning of British movement at the start of the ...