The 1857 Utah War
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The 1857 Utah War
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#2The article is an interesting take on the time period
For one example, I think Porter Rockwell is less considered a lawman, and more of a hitman or enforcer. He's suspected of having a body count somewhere in the 150 range
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It also completely leaves out the entire Mountain Meadows Massacre incident, where Mormons slaughtered around 120 men women and children in a wagon train headed to California in September of 1857
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre
For a little bonus Utah trivia, the only person actually punished for the Massacre is current Senator Mike Lee's great-great-grandfather.
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#3That was great, would like to read more. Didn’t quite understand the paragraph about the gold, sounds like they stole it from the army but it is unclear.
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#4Is this really "forgotten"? Forgotten by whom?
I thought this was part of LDS mythology surrounding the settlement of the Utah territory and was fairly well known. I remember reading about the war in college, and it is definitely part of any history of Buchanan's presidency.
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#5This is a Mormon-biased spin on the history.
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#6Is this really "forgotten"? Forgotten by whom? I thought this was part of LDS mythology surrounding the settlement of the Utah territory and was fairly well known. I remember reading about the war in college, and it is definitely part of any history of Buchanan's presidency.
We've taken that word out of the title now.
Please let's discuss more interesting things than linkbait effects.
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#7Is this really "forgotten"? Forgotten by whom? I thought this was part of LDS mythology surrounding the settlement of the Utah territory and was fairly well known. I remember reading about the war in college, and it is definitely part of any history of Buchanan's presidency.
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#8They’re population is one of the few which are increasing. They very well could inherit the whole country.
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#9That was great, would like to read more. Didn’t quite understand the paragraph about the gold, sounds like they stole it from the army but it is unclear.
They earned it by selling goods to the fort. Costs a lot of money to feed troops.
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#10This is a Mormon-biased spin on the history.
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