(RNS) — What does the popular new Netflix series, “American Primeval,” get wrong about the Utah War? Just about everything. Utah historian and author Barbara Jones Brown explains why that ...

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from the Susquehanna Valley. He was born and raised in Franklin County, and he lived in Lancaster for most of his adult life.

Had James Buchanan applied Andrew Jackson’s more confrontational approach to the secession crisis, it is likely that Civil War would have come sooner rather than await the accession of Abraham ...

Rain poured down on the grave of James Buchanan Thursday morning as more than two dozen people gathered to honor his service — not as 15th president of the United States, but as a lowly private ...

James Buchanan (pictured) and Brigham Young faced off over who would govern the Utah Territory. Library of Congress ...

In 1861, as war began to rage, Buchanan retired to his Pennsylvania estate, defending himself from charges that his lack of action had brought on the war. Eight years later, he died from pneumonia.

Exhibition Label Fifteenth president, 1857–1861 As president, James Buchanan was notable for failing to pursue measures that might have aided in averting the Civil War. By the time he left office in ...

James Buchanan is back, as a reminder that when it comes to presidential performance, there’s a spectrum from best to worst. Hand it to New York Times columnist Gail Collins for keeping Old Buck ...

SOUTH OGDEN, Utah — A Silver Alert for a missing South Ogden man was canceled Friday after his body was found near the Weber River. The alert was issued Wednesday evening after James Buchanan ...

It had its beginnings 150 years ago this summer. On this very day, July 23, 1857, messengers arrived in Salt Lake City with news that President James Buchanan a few weeks earlier had declared Utah ...

James Buchanan (pictured) and Brigham Young faced off over who would govern the Utah Territory. Library of Congress ...