Robert H. Briggs is a Fullerton, California

Fullerton, California

Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 135,161.It was founded in 1887 by George and Edward Amerige and named for George H. Fullerton, who secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway...

, lawyer and independent historian. , Briggs's area of historical research related to violence in frontier Utah, in particular the Mountain Meadows Massacre

Mountain Meadows massacre

The Mountain Meadows massacre was a series of attacks on the Baker–Fancher emigrant wagon train, at Mountain Meadows in southern Utah. The attacks culminated on September 11, 1857 in the mass slaughter of the emigrant party by the Iron County district of the Utah Territorial Militia and some local...

 of 1857.

A member of the Miller Eccles Study Group's board of directors, Briggs also wrote "The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows Massacre: Toward a Consensus Account and Time Line," as well as reviews of Sally Denton’s American Massacre

American Massacre

American Massacre: The Tragedy At Mountain Meadows, September 1857 is an historical account of the Mountain Meadows massacre, the murder of 140...

, Will Bagley

Will Bagley

Will Bagley is a historian specializing in the history of western United States. Bagley has written about the fur trade, overland emigration, American Indians, military history, frontier violence, railroads, mining, and Utah and the Mormons....

’s Blood of the Prophets

Blood of the Prophets

Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley is an award-winning history of the Mountain Meadows massacre...

, and Richard E. Turley, Jr.

Richard E. Turley, Jr.

Richard Eyring "Rick" Turley, Jr. is an American historian and genealogist, and the Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .-Biography:...

 et al's Massacre at Mountain Meadows

Massacre at Mountain Meadows

Massacre at Mountain Meadows is a book by Latter-day Saint historian Richard E. Turley, Jr. and two Brigham Young University professors of history, Ronald W. Walker and Glen M. Leonard. Leonard was also the director of the Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City, Utah...

. In 2010, he contributed the article, within this larger philosophical theme, provocatively titled "Mormonism and Violence" to Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia

Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia

Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia designed for a general readership about topics relating to the History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, edited by W. Paul Reeve and Ardis E. Parshall. Reeve is a professor of history at the University of Utah and Parshall...

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External links

• "Tragedy at Mountain Meadows Massacre: Toward a Consensus Account and Time Line" – Monograph, Dixie State College of Utah
  Dixie State College of Utah
  Dixie State College of Utah is a college located in St. George, Utah, United States.-History:...
  
  
• "The Mountain Meadows Massacre: An Analytical Narrative Based on Participant Confessions" – Monograph, Utah Historical Quarterly (2006)
• Sally Denton's American Massacre: Authentic Mormon Past versus the Danite Interpretation of History – Book review, FARMS Review, (2004) Brigham Young University
  Brigham Young University
  Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
  
  
• A Scholarly Look at the Disastrous Mountain Meadows Massacre, – 2008 FARMS Review, Brigham Young University
  Brigham Young University
  Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
  
  
• "Wrestling Brigham" – Review of Blood of the Prophets
  Blood of the Prophets
  Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley is an award-winning history of the Mountain Meadows massacre...
  
  : Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, December 2002 Sunstone Magazine
  Sunstone Magazine
  Sunstone is a magazine published by the Sunstone Education Foundation, Inc., a 501 nonprofit corporation, that discusses Mormonism through scholarship, art, short fiction, and poetry. The foundation began the publication in 1974 and considers it a vehicle for free and frank exchange in The Church...