Send us a text🚨Are YOU related to ME? Find me on Family🌳Search: Priddy Meeks🔗Then click “VIEW RELATIONSHIP” to see if we are cousins.In the rugged wilderness of early Utah Territory, frontier medicine collided with faith, fire, and sheer grit. This episode follows the remarkable journey of Dr. Priddy Meeks, one of the earliest pioneer physicians of the American West. From crossing into the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1847 to launching the Church-backed “Council of Health,” Meeks blended botanic remedies, spiritual conviction, and raw innovation to serve a growing people.But it’s the winter of 1857 that delivers the most unforgettable chapter: a frostbitten soldier, a pot of cayenne pepper tea, and a refusal to amputate. Through pain, perseverance, and an unconventional remedy, Dr. Meeks performs a healing that defies belief.Along the way, we explore Utah’s brush with war, the iron mission in Parowan, the explosive tensions over plural marriage, and one doctor’s steady hand through it all.True ancestry, told like legend. Only on Family History Drama.CHARACTERS President James Knox PolkDoctor Priddy MeeksSarah MahurinJedediah M. GrantJoseph B. NobleGeneral Winfield Scott (Old fuss & feathers)Mormon ImmigrantsDoctor William A MorseWillard RichardsPhinehas RichardsSociety of HealthCouncil of HealthDoctor CannonDeseret NewsArza Orson AdamsThomas BullockSamual HamiltonEdward DaltonGovernor Brigham YoungPresident Brigham YoungTerritorial Governor of UtahReed SmootSenator Julius C. BurrowsSenator Boies PenrosePresident BuchananJohnston’s ArmyWilliam P. MacKinnonMary Jane McCleve MeeksJoseph SmithHyrum SmithJoseph MeeksMargaret Jane MeeksJames McCannAfricaCaliforniaSamual ThompsonLOCATIONSTexasOregonValley of the Great Salt LakeLouisiana PurchaseMissouriCentralist Republic of MexicoCentral AmericaMexico CityHall of MontezumaVera CruzMexicoUnited StatesTerritory of UtahBountiful, UtahProvo, UtahManti, UtahSan Bernadino, CaliforniaOgden, UtahLittle Salt Lake ValleyParowan ValleyGreat Salt Lake CityCenter Creek, UtahParagonah, UtahIllinoisRed Creek, UtahLINKSMap https://www.vox.com/2015/2/17/7917165/maps-that-explain-americaMexican American War https://youtu.be/tkdF8pOFUfIhttps://newrepublic.com/article/104239/the-network-mormons-potomac-dcSupport the show🕵️‍♂️ Find me at https://www.FamilyHistoryDrama.com📧 Email me at FamilyHistoryDrama@gmail.com🐦 Tweet the Podcast @FamilyHistoryFMGenerational Healing Through Family HistoryMemories Are Passed Through DNA From Your Grandparents, Say Scientistshttps://www.buzzworthy.com/memories-dna-grandparents/Sound Credits: https://freesound.org INSTAGRAM:@FamilyHistoryDrama@TravisM.Heaton