Westbound pioneers driving their wagons across the landscape left deep ruts and shallow swales on their routes as they h…
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Mormons Ate Best
Of all the pioneers who settled Arizona Territory—Indians, Mexicans, the military, miners, cowboys—the Mormons ate best.…
Utah Bloodbath Friendship no longer mattered to the Mormon enforcer during a deadly shoot-out at Faust’s Station.
One thing is certain: Porter Rockwell shot and killed Lot Huntington at Faust’s Station on January 16, 1862. All account…
The Mormon Handcart Migration A pilgrimage 160 years later inspires travelers on the Latter-day Saints trail to Utah.
When the Mormons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, abandoned Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846, they …