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Will Bagley, Utah historian who chronicled Mountain Meadows Massacre, dies at 71

Brother of Tribune cartoonist earned praise and scorn for his volume “Blood of the Prophets.” He also wrote about the U.S. expansion and other aspects of Western history.

(Steve Griffin | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Historian Will Bagley, who specialized in Utah and the American West, photographed in his Salt Lake City office in 2010. Bagley died Sept. 28, 2021, at age 71.