American Primeval: Is Abish Pratt Real? Historical Influences Explained
Netflix's American Primeval series sets itself in the real-life conflict of the Utah War, but that does not necessarily mean characters like Abish Pratt were actual people.
The new historical drama depicts the oft-forgotten conflict during expansion into the American West, following the events that lead up to the blood-spattered Mountain Meadow's Massacre.
The 1857 conflict saw a militia of Mormon Church members murder a group of pioneers along a well-known wagon trail and pin the murder on local Indigenous tribes (known as the Paiutes). The series includes real people like the Mormon leader Brigham Young but takes a few liberties.
Read full article on The Direct.
The new historical drama depicts the oft-forgotten conflict during expansion into the American West, following the events that lead up to the blood-spattered Mountain Meadow's Massacre.
The 1857 conflict saw a militia of Mormon Church members murder a group of pioneers along a well-known wagon trail and pin the murder on local Indigenous tribes (known as the Paiutes). The series includes real people like the Mormon leader Brigham Young but takes a few liberties.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 1/16/2025
- by Klein Felt
- The Direct
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