It is seen as one of the darkest chapters in American history – an act of domestic terrorism second only to the Oklahoma City bombing nearly 140 years later. As new Netflix drama ‘American Primeval’ tells the story of violence committed by Mormons but blamed on Native Americans,

American Primeval is a Netflix miniseries set in 1857, blending historical events from the Utah War, and real figures like Brigham Young and Jim Bridger.

The series, now streaming on Netflix, depicts the brutality with which the Mormons sought to create a new world for their beliefs, the pride with which the native people held onto their ancestral lands, and the tragedy of the people just seeking to make a new home in the chaos. But is any of it true?

The series, created by Mark L. Smith and directed by Peter Berg, stars Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin and Dane DeHaan.

Producers openly admit the six-part series dropping Thursday is highly fictionalized. It centers around 1857 involving the Utah War, Brigham Young and the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

While American Primeval features many real-life people like Jim Bridger (Shea Whigham), Brigham Young (Kim Coates), and Wild Bill Hickman (Alex Breaux), who were important figures during the Utah War, Abish Pratt was not a real-life person, and her character is fictional on the show.

A month after Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone wrapped its five-season run on Paramount Network, viewers clamoring for a new televised Western have found their answer on Netflix. American Primeval, a new limited series that thrusts audiences into the brutal and volatile world of the American West,

The show's depiction of hood-wearing, sinister Mormons slaughtering emigrants, US Army troops and Shoshone people all within a few days is a sensationalized fabrication intended to 'entertain.'

Netflix's American Primeval follows a fictionalized tale of the real-life Utah War of 1857, where many groups, including the Mormons, Piautes, and the US Government, were strategizing to seize control

Netflix's American Primeval is set against the backdrop of the Utah War, and here's what happened in the often-forgotten U.S. conflict.

In “American Primeval,” Betty Gilpin stars as a gritty, determined mother trying to venture with her son through the dangerous Utah Territory.