Episode 154: Mountain Meadows Massacre, Pt. 2

About this episode

This episode explores Apostle George A. Smith's southern tour and its connection to the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

In Part Two of “The Summer of Conspiracy,” we follow Apostle George A. Smith on his fateful southern tour, an incendiary road trip of sermons, war councils, and covert diplomacy that would ignite the powder keg of Mountain Meadows. As Smith carries Brigham Young’s orders through the frontier, we trace how military drills, apocalyptic sermons, …

Topics covered

• Mountain Meadows Massacre
• George A. Smith
• Brigham Young
• Mormon history
• conspiracy
• apocalyptic sermons

Keywords

• Mountain Meadows Massacre
• George A. Smith
• Brigham Young
• Mormon history
• conspiracy
• sermons

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