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Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham

by | May 1, 2025 | Features & Gunfights

Does American Primeval Tell The True Story?     The two most compelling characters in American Primeval are, not coincidentally, the two based on frontier legends: Jim Bridger and Brigham Young. Young took over the Church of Latter-Day Saints from its assassinated founder, and led the Mormons through hell, to found Salt Lake City; Bridger had so


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