Young was named a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in February 1835. He was sent to remote areas of Pennsylvania and New York to spread Mormonism to Indigenous Peoples. After a few ...

“We don’t apologize for it, but we do offer some context for how tensions got so high.” Brigham Young, the then leader of the Mormon Church, is played by Kim Coates in American Primeval ...

Brigham Young is the primary antagonist/villain in Netflix's western American Primeval, and he's played by actor Kim Coates. Here's what else you need to know.

Instead, the authority of the Mormon Church was supreme. It settled all matters, and Brigham Young and his apostles openly said they had no use for the United States Judges. During my time in Salt ...

Brigham Young and others, scouring the U. S., England, Wales, Denmark, won many true believers and pious pro-creators, mostly women. Shiploads swarmed to Nauvoo.

When Utah was admitted into the United States as a territory in 1850, Young was the first Governor. He died in 1877, leaving an estate of more than $2,000,000, 25 wives and 56 children.

Let’s all step away from watching March Madness and take a brief moment to welcome Brigham Young University to the round of 32. Yep, the Cougars survived and advanced. That might seem like an ...

Another significant character in "Six Days in August" is Mary Ann Angell Young, the second wife of Brigham (his first wife, Miriam, passed away at the age of 26).

Be the first to comment. American Primeval: How Did Brigham Young Die? Brigham Young doesn’t die in American Primeval and with good reason. In real life, Young wouldn’t perish until 1877.

The 1844 succession crisis in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints\u2014and, specifically, of the confrontation between Sidney Rigdon and the Twelve\u2014is the focus of a new movie.