Porterville, Utah
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Porterville is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Utah, United States.
Porterville Church in 2009
Mormon Flat Breastworks
Utah War
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The Utah War, also known as the Utah Expedition, the Utah Campaign, Buchanan's Blunder, the Mormon War, or the Mormon Rebellion, was an armed confrontation between the armed forces of the US governmen
Porterville, Utah
…Road on both sides of the mouth of Little Emigration Canyon. They consist of horizontal rock breastworks built by Mormons in 1857 to defend against "Johnston's Army" in the Utah War. The walls were originally built about 4 feet (1.2 m) high, with trenches dug for riflemen. Media related to Porterville, Utah at…
American officers during the Utah War
Governor Brigham Young was appointed to office by President Millard Fillmore in 1850.
President James Buchanan was inaugurated in March 1857. The Presidential campaign of 1856 featured extensive denunciation of polygamy and Mormon governance in Utah.
Senator Stephen A. Douglas was a leading proponent of popular sovereignty.