The St. George, Utah, Spectrum and Daily News has a story on a "controversial but overlooked" Mormon pioneer, Amasa Mason Lyman. That's a gross understatement. He is described as follows:

After more than 30 years of service to his church, and following a series of conflicts with Brigham Young, Lyman began to move away from its teachings. He was one of the first Mormons to openly criticize the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which led to his dismissal as an apostle. Lyman was excommunicated in 1870 and became one of the foremost spokesmen of the Godbeite Church, the Church of Zion movement until his death in 1877.