DNA, anthrax and a Mountain Meadows Massacre murder mystery

I've read thousands of pages of 19th century journals and letters and many of them are quite sobering. It really is a different world where people were very vulnerable. Settling the West wasn't as romantic as some would have you believe. It More..

Henry Drummond,

I've never thought of 'settling the west' as romantic. I've thought of it as people trying to live somewhere free from harassment. My saying that on this article isn't meant to say I feel those acts More..

Interesting article.
I had read a theory that Brigham Young was poisoned because his symptoms were similar to poison. I guess it was believed he died from a ruptured appendix.