When we talk about “public lands” in Utah, we must remember that every acre once belonged to Native American tribes.

Jim Bridger and Fort Bridger are major parts of Netflix's American Primeval, and here is their true story, what happened to them in real life, and how they are changed for the Netflix series.

The events of American Primeval square up pretty well with real life. Throughout the course of the show, Bridger is, indeed, in charge of the fort. In 1853, the Mormons did show up with a warrant ...

So the scene from “American Primeval” where we see Young riding around Fort Bridger is wrong; he was nowhere near the U.S. troops as they were approaching.

Fort Bridger would be burned to the ground by Mormons in 1857 and Jim Bridger would go East to enlist the U.S. government’s help against Brigham Young and the Mormons.

FORT HALL — The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes invite the community to the annual Treaty Day Fireworks Celebration on Thursday, July 3, at the Fort Hall Rodeo Grounds. The event commemorates the ...