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One of the first Utah pioneers to leave for life elsewhere was a member of Brigham Young’s 1847 vanguard company.
Brigham Young’s southern Utah wine mission fueled LDS profits, prophecy and alcoholism The Word of Wisdom wasn’t the same back then. Members not only consumed wine but also manufactured it.
From battles with in-state foes to conference counterparts, the Utah football program is entrenched in some of college ...
Image: Utah State Archives, via FamilySearch.org One of the deadliest slaughters of Utah's Indigenous people by white pioneers began 175 years ago this week: The Fort Utah Massacre.
The man in the photograph is Brigham Young, a founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But the face of the woman seated next to him has been scratched out.
But let's not forget the ultimate irony—Brigham's own son, B. Morris Young, occasionally performed in full drag as Madam Pattirini. Maybe those pioneers weren't who we thought they were, after all.
It’s been 177 years since the first Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, traveled through Emigration Canyon into the Salt Lake Valley — and the celebration of that day, July 24, remains a ...
Green Flake, one of the first Black pioneers to arrive to the Salt Lake Valley from Anson, N. C. He was enslaved and loaned to Brigham Young, however in time after arriving to Utah, Flake was freed.
Brigham Young and Utah State are nearing lock status after significant weekend victories over Arizona and San Diego State, respectively.
The Utah Utes have enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they must head out on the road. They will square off against the Brigham Young Cougars at 6 p.m. ET Saturday at ...
Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah is a private research university located at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains. BYU offers nearly 200 undergraduate majors and over 100 undergraduate minors ...
Netflix‘s new western series American Primeval is set in 1857 Utah Territory, a time and place defined by outbursts of violence over the future of the area. Indigenous peoples like the Shoshone ...