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PBS

People in the West Brigham Young (1801 1877)

For Students 9th - 10th
A very interesting and descriptive biography of Brigham Young, his life, and his religious leadership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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PBS

Pbs: New Perspectives on the West

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
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Utah Lighthouse Ministry: Bancroft's History of Utah: Mountain Meadows Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from Bancroft's history of Utah, published in 1899, about the Mountain Meadow Massacre.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Mountain Meadows Massacre (1875 76)

For Students 9th - 10th
Called "the darkest deed of the nineteenth century," the brutal 1857 murder of 120 men, women, and children at a place in southern Utah called Mountain Meadows remains one of the most controversial events in the history of the American...