As you watch Netflix's "American Primeval," learn more about a key moment in the first episode: the Mountain Meadows Massacre ...

Netflix’s new historical drama “American Primeval” is currently the No. 1 series on the site. But how much of the show and its characters are based on the 1857 Utah War?

Yes, and no. American Primeval is a work of historic fiction. Meaning, Sara and Isaac’s story is made up, as is the story of ...

Producers openly admit the six-part series dropping Thursday is highly fictionalized. It centers around 1857 involving the ...

American Primeval has just landed on Netflix and the Western series is a fictional story set in 1857, but it is based on real ...

In Netflix’s Western series ‘American Primeval,’ Jacob and Abish Pratt are Mormons who travel from Illinois to Utah seeking ...

In Netflix’s Western series ‘American Primeval,’ James Wolsey is a Mormon leader who commands a gang of men who belong to the ...

However, the backdrop of American Primeval is based on reality. In 1857, Mormons disguised as Paiutes did massacre a group of settlers in a tragedy known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre.