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When the wagon trains started moving out West, when the boats were landing at the foot of Main street — then things started moving.
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Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
The show follows the events surrounding the real-life Mountain Meadows Massacre, a violent attack that led to the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Here, it’s been streamlined into a single attack, but the Nauvoo Legion, in the company of Paiute fighters, did take out the Baker-Fancher wagon train and attempted to disguise it as a solely Native American attack.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Though the yearlong standoff was uneventful, tensions led to Mormons attacking and killing more than 100 innocent people in a wagon train bound for California.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
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Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
The show follows the events surrounding the real-life Mountain Meadows Massacre, a violent attack that led to the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Here, it’s been streamlined into a single attack, but the Nauvoo Legion, in the company of Paiute fighters, did take out the Baker-Fancher wagon train and attempted to disguise it as a solely Native American attack.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Though the yearlong standoff was uneventful, tensions led to Mormons attacking and killing more than 100 innocent people in a wagon train bound for California.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Wagon train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wagon%20train. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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